I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SAY THIS

"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders e

       



    Our parents, I think,
        taught us to behave.
            I know we kids
                were often angry, sad.   
    It seems now happy children
            parents crave.
                But are they?
                    Often they act awfully bad.
    Who's pleased
        to hear a toddler's harsh lament?
            But I improved
                from feeling my distress.
    Though when my will was thwarted
            I felt stung,
                safe limits
                    help me find my own delight.
    To suffer is the cure
        for being young.
            I made mistakes.
                I learned to do what's right.
    Of course
        I would be happy if I could.
            Keen* consolation comes
                from doing good.








 

Author's Note

* keen adj 1: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" [syn: discriminating, penetrating, piercing] 2: intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure" [syn: exquisite] 3: very penetrating and clear and sharp in operation; "an incisive mind"; "a keen intelligence"; "of sharp and active intellect" [syn: incisive, sharp] 4: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" [syn: great, swell, smashing] 5: as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain" [syn: cutting, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating] 6: having a sharp cutting edge or point; "a keen blade" n : a funeral lament sung with loud wailing v : express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child" [syn: lament]

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[Lucien Maier]

excellent lay out and formatting. I like the piece it had a good flow and you message was clear.