What Would You Have Me Do - For Contest
What would you have me do??
Choose one of my children over the other?
Each was nurtured in my heart
imbued with my passion
Disciplined by my desire
for their success
Dressed, in abundant finery
fitting for their “coming out”
What would you have me do??
Remove the scar of character
Cover the blemishes of youth
shield them from the sun
Deny them the chance to mingle
lest they fail to “fit in”
Tone down their beauty
in the face of dullness
Why would you have me do this?
For I love them all so
I protect them
for they are my offspring
My poetic progeny
genetically graced
With my wit and wisdom
tears and heartache
success and failure
dreams and nightmares.
I cannot choose
which part of me is best.
John G. Lawless
1/21/15/2015
Copyright © John Lawless | Year Posted 2015
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