Aaron Roberson

Let Him Play With Dolls

Let him play with dolls on the living room floor,

tiny plastic tea cups, a pink toy door.

Let him brush their hair with patient hands,

building little worlds with quiet plans.

 

What’s the harm in a boy with a doll in his grip?

In a blanket cape or a tea party sip?

Is kindness a crime, is care a sin,

when a child just wants to imagine within?

 

Let the girl race cars across the hall,

tiny engines screaming down the wall.

Let grease-stained dreams fill her bright eyes,

let thunder live where her courage lies.

 

Because childhood isn’t a battlefield line,

it’s chalk on pavement and climbing a pine.

It’s scraped-up knees and castles in air,

it’s learning the magic of how to care.

 

A doll in a boy’s hand teaches grace,

how to cradle the fragile, how love finds space.

A toy car in a girl’s hand teaches speed,

how to chase a dream and take the lead.

 

But somewhere along the growing years,

adults arrive with rules and fears.

They whisper, “No, that toy’s not right,”

and dim a child’s electric light.

 

They trade wild laughter for careful molds,

for pink and blue boxes already sold.

But children are galaxies learning to spin,

not puzzles that must neatly fit in.

 

So let him play with dolls in the sunlit hall,

let her crash toy cars into the wall.

Let them roar with laughter, loud and free,

climbing the wild branches of possibility.

 

Because someday the world will hand them weight,

deadlines, doubt, the grind of fate.

But childhood should be a fearless sky,

where every dream is allowed to fly.

 

So if a boy wants dolls, let the tea be poured.

If a girl wants engines, start the roar.

The lesson is simple, gentle and small:

 

Let kids be kids.

Let them play with it all. πŸŒˆπŸ§ΈπŸš—βœ¨