Dilemma Of The Day

Between firmness Of too demanding parents And harshness Of the teaching tyrants, Between those with a creative ring And those condescending, Between one parent’s protective pod And another’s disciplining nod, Between one’s vindictive rod And sympathetic—now so odd, A dividing line Ever so fine, Has to be one day drawn— Made of, may be, a kindly frown, A line that many know is there At the end of a long, long tether. For, youth blossoms in freedom, We know that as we aught, And yet, what we do not— Not in an un-ruled kingdom. And while we search for this land, Perhaps on the edge, land’s end, Worse still, while we debate, The youth suffers her worse fate. ___________________________________ -Reflections | 04.02.08 |