Parental Advice

You will realize ¦¦¦¦ wisdom,
When ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ age, and experience,
Gained from ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ vexing situations,
Yet, ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ You do the same,
There is ¦¦¦ joy in detachment,
Forsaking ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ pleasures, pains,
For things ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ enduring.

Don’t be a slave to ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ slave-drivers ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ explore the works of men,
Who ¦¦¦¦ experienced ¦¦¦ truths,
¦¦¦ distilled in ¦¦¦¦¦ words, wisdoms,
Which may grate your ears ¦¦¦¦

¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ don’t be prey to ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦
Rushes of anger ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ over cables,
¦¦¦ with emails and posts ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦
Without thinking ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ -
I have done that and ¦¦¦ living to regret.

Don’t drink bottled and sealed ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦
Its sugar, water and carbon dioxide,
Will ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ disorient you, ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦ don’t eat fast food ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦
They will suck you into their ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ line.

¦¦¦¦¦¦ do not ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ see with closed eyes,
And hear with deaf ears, ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦ music and rhythm can corrupt,
¦¦¦ make sinning seem ¦¦¦ tempting.
The age of innocence, ¦¦¦¦ is gone,
Every man is a ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ army.

¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ follow this advise, son,
¦¦¦¦ you are mature ¦¦¦ wise as me,
You will say, ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ “Thank you Papa,
For your words ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ wisdom,
To my children, ¦¦¦¦ I will pass this wisdom.”


(Blackout of To my son by John Matthew)