03-01-2013, 02:25 PM
Your references to children's literature is quite moving. I remember reading those books and letting them shape my mind. As someone who is not a parent, this poem lends itself to me as a look inside the psyche of my own parents. I love the scene you paint in which your son can play so innocently and unburdened by the weight of responsibility, whereas you take the brunt of worrying about his future and the society he'll grow up in.
"We think we are kinder now/ as does every generation:/ kind like the razor,/ like hunger."
I think those were very provocative lines! The idea of every wave of new people hoping to be better than their forefathers but ultimately finding themselves presented with the same problems is a bitter truth. You phrased it elegantly and with style. A good read overall!
"We think we are kinder now/ as does every generation:/ kind like the razor,/ like hunger."
I think those were very provocative lines! The idea of every wave of new people hoping to be better than their forefathers but ultimately finding themselves presented with the same problems is a bitter truth. You phrased it elegantly and with style. A good read overall!