Single Parent

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Single Parent

Gabriela Rita she's sweet as she can be-ta.
But at 15 years of age
With hormones in rage
Sometime I just can't be me-ta

I try not to sound like an overbearing parent
But in times of stress sometimes I rant
"Where have you been where the hell are you going?"
A parent's distressed when they aren't in the knowing

We're only here to protect and to love
And occasionally gently give you a shove
When we can view you without this distress
We see all that we are and you too possess

So give me some slack and don't be a slacker
We live in a world that says no to a smacker
"Spare the rod and spoil the child" Today it's a crock
It was legal and effective in the days of Dr. Spock

Children don't understand our unrequited love
Because we only see them as a gift from above
So talk to your sons and cuddle your daughters
Teach them the things that truly matters

For all you parents of daughters and sons
We are the creators and look what we've brung
Love is the answer so stay the course
Love heals all wounds without recourse

You love them now
they echo "they do too"
It may be years from now
when you know that it's true

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Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) Greek philosopher.

goinwest’s Poems (41)

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Gentle Persuasion for a Special Occasion 1
Starry Night 0
"An I in you ♀ , a U in me ♂" 0
A Christmas Wish this Winter Solstice 1
Send in the Clowns 0
December Rose! 0
"One Fine Tomato" 0
Channeling Andey Rooney 1919-2011: 0
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"Hugging My Father" 1
"Green is Good but a lot of work" 0
"Got a new girl friend staying at my house” 0
Fishing excursion a golf sandwich diversion 0
Weathering the NJ-NY Storms 0
Fishing excursion a golf sandwich diversion 0
Southern Cookin what's that Good lookin 0
"Walter Cronkite's has signed off" 0
My Destination a Motel 6 Reservation 0
“A Walk well Spent” 1
“To all you Twits and Those that are Tweeters” 0
Single Parent 0
“Wonder meant or Wonderment” 2
Late Night Cable Confusion? 1
Rachael Ray is Everywhere! 2
Leaving a Legacy of Creative Kindness 0
Does Poetry have a Form that should Conform" 0
For Hampton...the winning Poet 1
"Poetry...Les
s is More"
2
"Dentist the Menace" 1
Infirm-a-ment 0
Turmoil 0
"Micro #$%*#@ Soft Word" 0
Why we Play Golf! 2
"Hey J.A you're so special in every way" 0
"For L.A.K. in my heart you'll always stay" 0
Recycling 2
"For what it's worth" 1
"Cooking...is not Looking for Recipes" 1
Tonight I write True feelings without fright 1
Saturday 1