Is 'family life' but a mystified nostalgia? |
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Putting it to YouI put it to you that the family lifewe look back upon with such nostalgia, was mostly narrowed by the opportunities we shared, as far as limited horizons allowed A family together, too confined to be apart and that’s not always a bad thing An early lesson that money buys control I put it to you we misbelieve our kids and wring our hands, half scared to death, yet they mirror us and look to us and they are not the ones who’ve sold our future inheritance And if you listen, you’ll be stunned at how they care for one another I put it to you, laws of the conservation of matter allow no addition or subtraction, only change And history records our slaughter, wrapped in robes, resistant to the change in one enlightened mind And so it goes, so it has ever gone, seven centuries back, seven more ahead All in fear of the blazing moment that’s our life I put it to you |
This poem is included in Jim Freeman's poetry collection BROKEN PIECES available here in print or as an e-Book in your favorite formats. |