Parents

Our parents take us just so far

And then we find our way,

No longer captive to the rules

They taught us to obey.

 

So where we live or what we eat

Or wear or do for fun

Must be decided by ourselves

And vetoed by no one.

 

Our choices may surprise or shock

Or anger, I suppose,

But that’s the way it’s always been

And how it mostly goes.

 

Though parents may expect their kids

To their own lives conform,

Embracing quite the opposite

May often be the norm.