Neglected Ties

You shirk the weight of parenthood's call, leaving your children to wither, unfed. Are you a father, or mere specter of one? A mother, or just a shadow that's gone? While others nurture, educate, and guide, you abandon your own to fate's tide. Your concern lies with outsiders, it seems, while your kin suffer, and your legacy beams. The children you forsook, the partner you left, will rise to greatness, despite the neglect. Will you claim pride in their future fame? Seek praise for years of absence, and hollow claims? Awaken to your duties, and seize the day, for the future beckons, and will not stray.