The Children [ part I ]
The Children [ part I ]
Children must always live down
The legacies of mothers & fathers
No matter how sordid their feats;
Children must fill the shoes
Worn by their mothers & fathers
No matter how bare the soles,
Children must wear the robes
That clothed their mothers & fathers
No matter how large the holes;
Children are living scrapbooks
With unchangable pages....
Children are the disciples
Of fraudulent sages....
Children are the billboards
That echo through the ages:
Children are not to fault
If we call all of these cages....
Children must honor the words
Spoken by their mothers & fathers
No matter how hollow they ring,
Children must bear the grudges
Held by their mothers & fathers
No matter how much they sting;
Children must mend the bonds
Weakened by their mothers & fathers
No matter how distant they seem,
Children must always live out
The aspirations of mothers & fathers
No matter how different their dreams;
Children are living scrapbooks
With unchangable pages....
Children are the disciples
Of fraudulent sages....
Children are the billboards
That echo through the ages:
Children are not to fault
If we call all of these cages....
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