The Softest Voice

"I broke my tooth," my boy said with a sob

I calmed his cries, Mom took him to the doc

When all was done, and they had fixed his gob

I sat him down to have a little talk

"Did you feel something 'fore it was too late,

the seconds leading up to when you fell?"

He had, of course, heard Instinct tell him, "Wait"

The softest voice speaks true, so hear it well