Too Much Love Can Hurt

Caged Unable to be free Longing for liberty Dying for their individuality Aggressive parentage creates drones Deadened by the force Of parental ambition That knows no bounds And where pride is king Secrets and ambitions Are encased deeply In a psyche that aches From the push to Always improve and be Better than other kids Manners must be impeccable Grades must be exemplary Even into adulthood The grip of excessive control Shows no lessening Letting go is hard to do When your kid’s lives must Revolve around you Some pay the ultimate price And spitefully take paths They may not have wanted to Suicides Drugs The wrong crowd A dismal job All taken up to frustrates Those that must forever be The centre of another’s world