Wednesday, March 8, 2023

"The Footlong Generation"

 Our children live at home— 
dreaming, planning, reaching, and working
within a reality of Pink Slips and Red Ink 

meeting Maslow’s levels by 
staying, sharing, settling, and waiting 
Our children leave our homes— 
dreaming, planning, reaching, and working
 
but return with Divorce and Failure 
postponing their destinies by 
bleeding, retreating, suffering, then healing
 
Our parents live at home— 
yearning, coping, striving, craving 
becoming our children by 
needing, depending, trusting, and relenting
 
Our parents live in homes—
yearning, coping, striving, craving 
relinquishing their destinies by 
falling, breaking, suffering, dying 







Copyright 2010 Elizabeth Abrams Chapman


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