Raising Kids
IM ALWAYS TELLING MY KIDS
LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT
BUT HOW YOU MAKE IT
NOT HOW YOU GRAB AND TAKE IT
IVE ALWAYS TRIED TO TEACH
THEM RIGHT FROM WRONG
BUT WHAT IF THE WISDOM
I THINK IM GIVING THEM IS WRONG
WHEN YOURE A PARENT YOU
ALWAYS TRY TO DO WHATS RIGHT
SOMETIMES THAT MEANS LONG DAYS
AND EVEN LONGER NIGHTS
YOU TRY TO GUIDE THEM
AND POINT THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
GIVE THEM SECURITY AND LOVE
AND ALWAYS GIVE THEM PROTECTION
BUT WHAT IF IN THE END YOU FIND
YOU JUST HAD TO GIVE THEM ROOM
TO MAKE UP THEIR OWN MIND
WILL IT HAVE ALL BEEN IN VAIN
WILL HARM STILL FIND THEM
OR GIVE THEM SHAME
SO HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS RIGHT
ALTHOUGH YOU TRY WTH ALL YOUR MIGHT
TO SHOW THEM HOW TO FIGHT THE FIGHT
YOU PUT IT IN GODS HANDS
AFTER ALL HE IS THE ONE WHO MAKES THE PLANS
SO IF YOU THINK WHAT YOU DO IS ALL IN SPITE
AND YOU ARE READY TO GIVE UP THE FIGHT
THEN LOOK AT YOUR CHILD AND THINK AGAIN
CAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT MINE I SEE A FRIEND
A FRIEND THAT I HELPED ALONG THE WAY
THAT I DIDNT GIVE UP ON OR LET GO ASTRAY
THEY ARE VERY STRONG INDEPENDENT MEN
WHO AFTER A LIFETIME OF RAISING
I AM FORTUNATE TO CALL A "FRIEND"
Copyright © Rhonda Pope | Year Posted 2009
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