Fool's Gold
Some lessons we attempt to teach our kids,
they’ll learn the hard way through experience
as we did. Then we’ll hurt as their hearts break
and love them as they struggle to make sense
of life with all its unexpected turns,
of friends and lovers who deceive and lie,
who leave them feeling life is just a sham,
that happiness and love have passed them by.
It isn’t just the young who are deceived.
We’re not immune—we who are growing old.
We sometimes learn anew and feel aggrieved,
for everything that glitters is not gold.
February 16, 2023
entered in Margarita Lillico's Proverbial Contest Placed 3rd
Copyright © Janice Canerdy | Year Posted 2023
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