What Would You Have Me Do - For Contest

What would you have me do?? Choose one of my children over the other? Each was nurtured in my heart imbued with my passion Disciplined by my desire for their success Dressed, in abundant finery fitting for their “coming out” What would you have me do?? Remove the scar of character Cover the blemishes of youth shield them from the sun Deny them the chance to mingle lest they fail to “fit in” Tone down their beauty in the face of dullness Why would you have me do this? For I love them all so I protect them for they are my offspring My poetic progeny genetically graced With my wit and wisdom tears and heartache success and failure dreams and nightmares. I cannot choose which part of me is best. John G. Lawless 1/21/15/2015