Father, was that you reflected in your son’s eyes
or was his vision chemically impaired?
Were his failings directly related to your demise?
Was he acting as you would never have dared?
Mother, did you hear your daughter crying;
fearful of facing her womanhood alone?
Should she have withstood the heat of assuming?
As a young lady is often prone?
Father, was your image commonplace
and your vocal directive a resounding warning?
Did your fairy princess, attired in ribbons and lace
Cower at your parental scorning?
Mother, did you show your son that you are a lady
or clarify for him, his masculinity?
Did you capitulate that all women are not shady?
Tell him there is beauty, too, in his inner femininity?
Parents! Are your children emotionally set;
outside influences defined and categorized?
By them, will this global society’s challenges be met?
Is their destiny not to be recognized?
Sometimes based on history you have to ask if people even have a chance before they get started. I mean, no matter what a person does, how they do it, does it really matter becasue everything is already pre-determined?
ReplyDeleteI think that, on a metaphysical level, things may be pre-determined; i.e., we were born, we will die! But as far as how your life goes, depending on who prepared you and how they prepared you to live in this world, our society, you can anticipate one's fate depending on whether they were provided with good guidance and insight into how life works!
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