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Cieste La Vie

WHAT IS LIFE BUT THE BLINK OF AN EYE WE SET OUR GOALS AND CAN BUT TRY TO MAKE IT A BETTER WORLD FOR THE ONES WE LOVE BUT SOMETIMES WE ALL NEED A LITTLE SHOVE AS WE STRIVE AND TOIL TO MAKE ENDS MEET WE BEAR THE BURDERSOME WEIGHT ON OVERTIRED FEET BRINGING UP OUR CHILDREN AS BEST WE CAN ARE THEY GRATEFULL AS YOUR LIFE GOES DOWN THE PAN FEED THEM EDUCATE THEM AND CLOTHE THEM AS WELL ARE THEY HAPPY BUNNIES YOU NEVER CAN TELL THEY FLY THE NEST AT 21 TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE AND SOON THEY WAKE UP WITH EGG ON THEIR FACE THEY REALISE WHAT A TREADMILL THEY ARE ON THEIR YOUTH AND FREEDOM ARE ALL BUT GONE CHILDREN OFF THEIR OWN AND NO MONEY TO SPEND THEY GET ON WITH THEIR LIVES AND KEEP UP THE TREND

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Sara Kendrick

Date: 10/30/2020 4:40:00 AM

Parenting is not an easy task and one can only hope that they do a good job and release those young ones on the world to find their place. We hope for the best for each new generation. Sara

Quoth Theraven

Date: 8/10/2020 8:15:00 AM

Hello gerald, I like this poem's message of futility through generations in repetition. Especially the stanza that included 'THEY REALISE WHAT A TREADMILL THEY ARE ON THEIR YOUTH AND FREEDOM ARE ALL BUT GONE'. I would change the title to 'C'est la vie' if you were going for the French saying "that's life". But your meaning came through just the same. -Richard