Parents

Feeling depressed

Feeling disappointed

Thought they would be supportive to her

But all she heard were not encouraging words

She knew what would happen

If she asked money from other people

She would have to pay for it

She also knew that it would be hard

Who said it wouldn't?

She knew they were just concerned about her

She also knew that they were just being protective of her

All she wanted is that...

They will be supportive as other parents would be

Letting her go like other parents do to their children if the situation needs it

Trusting her on some of her decisions when it comes to herself

Not...

Telling her that she gets mad when they didn't give what she wanted

Telling her that (even indirectly) to give up her impossible dream

Because...

She do these things for them

She tries to reach her dream for her own growth and for them

 

... Can't they understand that? Even for this once???

Reviews

[Leah]

Raw and expressed roughly. My personal opinion would be, that this is not a poem. I felt like I was reading either a diary or a journal entry. I am not one to be speaking of how a relationship between parent/s and child should be. I myself learned obedience the hard way. Obedience. The seed of respect. Parents should not be confronted by their beloved children. At least never with insolence. Slow, patient communications are the best step. That aside, my review for this 'poem' is not a positive one. But do take my every word to heart. And do not be offended by it but rather, learn and improvise.

[Chaos]

The gap between children and their parents is a chasm. The child feels they have a right to be heard, listened to, encouraged no matter what and their right. The parent feels they should be heard, listend to and thanked for doing what they have done and their right too. But, the parents and the children stand on each side of the chasm and their voices carry and fall in the valley below only to be swallowed up by ignorance and stubborness. It's a sad fact of the parent and child relationship. However, the chasm can be closed if each side would sit down and be patient enough to create a bridge. Nice write!

[Laura E. Aranda]

Raising Children is like trying to nail jello to a tree


Cheers,lea

[Poeticpiers]

perhaps it is because they understand she thinks they don't We have all been children much easier than being parents