We all want to believe our children will love us
Hold us, kiss us, stay with us,
and wrap their little hands around our fingers
Big eyes watch big people with big love
But they're a squirmy type
Run away, out of our arms
No matter how far we stretch
Exploring dust bunnies in corners
Carrying shoes to bury in the sand box
They all, will all, run away
And you see then,
Perhaps they are not yours.
Individuals behind those big eyes
And we, again, are left to watch
Like past loves left,
Mother, fathers, gone,
And a thousand friends,
drifted away
We own no one,
Our children owe nothing
And we will all realize how little we are
How alone we are
And in that we must find some happiness
We must find some truth
For them, for us,
For you
I have read this several times and reserved posting a review because I am left utterly speechless. . .This poem is beautiful, and yet as a mother it reminds me that eventually I will have to let go, which is bitter sweet and heartwrenching all at the same time. . .Your words are amazing. . .The last stanza is brilliant. . .
The whole concept of this poem intrigues me very much. To think that no matter how much we want someone; how much our love for that person makes us want to own them, the individual is just that, an individual. That humans are fluid and incapable of being owned by another. Yet it doesn't stop us from wanting to own others, yet resisting that ourselves. The whole idea is very intimate to me, yet it keeps its distance. Ultimately, "they all, will all, run away."
Nice work.
"But they're a squirmy type
Run away, out of our arms
No matter how far we stretch
Exploring dust bunnies in corners
Carrying shoes to bury in the sand box
They all, will all, run away"
It's all so true... I really enjoyed this poem. Makes me think of my childhood, my nieces and running after them, and my 1 year old great nephew that I now chase around because "squirmy" definitely suits him well!
What a stirring piece. How painful is the embrace of freedom and individualism. How hopeful that our influence is ultimate. I am a parent and felt the warmth, and yet a melancholy fear of eventually letting go still pervades. Great poem.
If you find any issues or bugs on the site, please use the Contact Form to let us know about it. And thank you for helping us make WritersCafe.org better.
Now Is The Time
-charlie more..