When You’re a Parent
When you're a parent it's not
Always apparent...
You flash past the mirror like
A meteorite...
It's not 'til you've paused that
You see pressures creasing...
You've drag raced with grease
On wet wheels overnight!...
Please take care of yourselves,
All you parents of children!...
It's easy to wear out
The seat of your pants!...
No one will warn you...
So few give a damn!...
For the parents of children...
It's like life on the lam...
It's always assumed...
"Oh, they've got this...
They're fine...
They choose their descent
Into this secret world...
Let's give them some space...
All those clouds overhead
Are patching together...
Better go off to bed...
...That balloon just got stuck
In that tree branch above!...
Let's cross the wide road
To make way for their pram..."
With the hearts and eyes
Closed, the Self Servers
Survive...
They see...
They acknowledge...
They pass quickly by...
On nimble thin legs...
All these crabs,
And these snails
These self assured workers
Who hang a wide sail
On their Boat of Grand Dreams,
And hopes stacked high
To heaven...
Sailing on with full steam
They make tracks
For New Worlds!...
Well, I'll tell you when you
See all the joys and wet tears
Of parenthood there
Like a mirror to your face
You might change your tone...
I definitely felt
A shift so internal
That my ways of emoting
Were stopped dead in their tracks...
Yes, you must now look back!...
When you're a parent it's not
Always apparent...
You flash past the mirror like
A meteorite...
It's not 'til you pause that
You see pressures creasing...
You've drag raced with grease
On wet wheels overnight!...
Take care of yourselves,
All you parents of children!...
It's easy to wear out
The seat of your pants!...
No one will warn you...
So few give a damn!...
For the parents of children...
It's like life on the lam!...
...Tho you'll see flashing lights!...
And see unprovoked bliss!...
There are blessings on blessings
That the other souls miss!...
Yes the sky's full of stars now,
The deep well sings your name!...
The doors of the soul
Open wide without shame...
There are great golden sights
That you cannot foresee
If you can put aside all of your
Unprovoked greed...
Oh, the road of a parent
Seems covered in cracks...
Many times there are pitfalls,
And no air left to breathe...
One needs to take stock...
It is all in your hands...
But I bless every parent
For taking a stand...
We need star filled eyes!...
And we need hearts of love!...
And we need doting arms
Wrapping small ones like doves...
We need sugar kisses!...
We live for magic nights
Where the moon fills the room,
Setting young souls alight!...
10/21/24
Bunny Villaire
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