The Sins of the Fathers

Years ago I heard someone say children have a God given right to judge their parents Judge not that you be not judged I thought the statement was harsh, maybe sarcastic, wrong headed But I did it anyway Not in a psych couch way but in the I’ll do it Better Not the same Not The repetition of The sins of the father After all, we can learn from our mistakes And the mistakes of others, but Some Get repeated Over Again And some are just our own or a hybrid of the parents we weren’t going to be like In the same way you judge others you will also be judged I meant to be different To be better in the ways I needed When I wasn’t the parent But I failed in your ways In my own and in ways that I have to claim I would rather analyze it and find a cause other than myself It’s there, they are there But it's harder to blame the repetition in yourself Rather than the repetition of a father who had a father himself I was judging, I’m judged I felt pride, now shame Regret some pain Will mine judge me Undoubtedly Will I deserve it Unreservedly The son will not bear the punishment for the sin of the father, nor the father for the sin of the son There’s enough weight to go around And the heaviness remains