Conformity

Butting heads, locking horns
the difficult child of three
if any one was causing grief
It was always going to be me,
the stubborn chip 
and that stubborn old block 
never at ease we two
so I left and made a life for myself
far from the one you knew,
you pushed too hard
to tie me down
I went and you felt betrayed
you never saw my need to go
I could never see why you stayed
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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January 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The centuries old family dynamics. Cat Stevens wrote a song a long time ago called Father and Son. But it can be applied to daughters and fathers as well. Good poem
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