Scribbles & Bits 31: Isn't It Ironic?
When growing up the child
chafes and quarrels with parental guidance!
All the time resting in the protection and love provided
Never seeing the worry and struggle the grown-ups
endure to provide the shelter for their offspring!
Inside the confines so irksome to the young
is comfort, shelter, food and warmth!
They can not wait until Mom or Dad no longer set the rules!
Yet few years hence!
They look longingly back at what now appears halcyon
when they need not worry
need not struggle to have their needs and wants sated!
Is this the reason we keep asking others to secure our days?
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lamebull
So often I wonder this very thing…. as granny always said, “youth is wasted on the young”
February 25, 2013SEC
Yep, I think Samuel Clemons said something similar.
February 25, 2013lamebull
Truly a damn shame that every generation of young walk the identical pathway, finally coming to their senses too late
February 25, 2013SEC
Um yep, and we, supposed adults don’t help by trying to keep our offspring dependent upon us.
February 25, 2013chr3900
February 25, 2013My father passed before my mom….At my moms funeral my cousin said your it… That hit me the hardest. I can no longer hide behind my parents… Your it!!!
SEC
Yep it is a true shock to the system when that reality hits home!
February 25, 2013tiggers
Very good scribbles my friend and made me think !! You and Pastormike are making me think on my day off lol whats up with that ? lol
February 25, 2013SEC
I are soooooo sorry, I shouldn’t oughta done did that!
February 25, 2013tiggers
you shouldn’t oughta done did that hehehehe !! Its all good !!
February 25, 2013pastormike
very good! the reinforcing metaphors aren’t overt but are nicely implied. and it poses an excellent question..
February 25, 2013SEC
Thank you, I was trying not to hit over the head but to induce a hmmmm!
February 25, 2013pastormike
good job of it!
February 25, 2013noahbody
Very true… repeated time and again. But I think I must be the exception that proves the rule… I don’t look back longingly at all.
February 25, 2013SEC
Sometimes it is not the actual but the idealized picture we look longingly at.
February 25, 2013noahbody
I just cringe at the thought of going through the hell years again. They’re past… good frigging riddance.
February 25, 2013SEC
Sorry if they were hell for you, that is never the way it should be.
February 25, 2013noahbody
Not my childhood. That was great. Started in my early 20’s… but if I returned to my childhood I’d have to grow up and go through those years again and there’s nothing on Earth worth that. Well…. maybe if it was necessary to save my wife or grandkids but surely nothing else.
February 25, 2013SEC
That confirms my theory that all the ages that start with the T sound, two, toddler, ten, twelve teens and twenties are testing times. Who gets tested is up for grabs kid, parent or both.
February 25, 2013BootLady
My kids are just on the brink of figuring this out. I can’t wait to see that little light go on.
February 26, 2013SEC
It is rather a gigglesome moment!
February 26, 2013ayoskermie
Nice write here..
March 01, 2013SEC
thank you for reading my little scribble.
March 01, 2013ayoskermie
You’re welcome
March 01, 2013