Drowning In Icy Waters (poem) by Mercedes M Hawkins on AuthorsDen

Drowning In Icy Waters
by Mercedes M Hawkins → (All Poetry by Mercedes M Hawkins)
Rated "G" by the Author.

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This poem speaks to parents who must elevate the next generation.
You check the ice - You slide It's fine - Or so it seems He slides - It's fun -But wait! There's too much melted ice At the bottom of the hill You run - you hide Save your own skin What about them? Save the little ones You have come of age Now is the time to implement a plan To save the offspring The future holders of this planet The ones you put in it You have to become a guardian You were guarded - so reciprocate! You were given - so give You can't just take, take, take! The little ones - they are wise One day they'll teach you See? They already did They gave you without being asked to They take shelter in the most unlikely places Yet it works! Be able to respond to danger Don't be a stranger Keep them from drowning in ice Do not just save yourself You gotto sacrifice! The children need you thou they are resourceful And can teach you a lesson or two They still need you - you all need each other They show you survivor skills Building shacks high in trees Living on the edge You show them survivor skills - avoiding danger They survived up in the treehouses And saved your cowardly skin But they don't have the answer to everything Just because they are wise beyond their years Don't mean they will save your neck at every bend!

Reviewed by John Domino

Reviewed on June 22, 2014

Well said Mercedes. This poem has so many good points. Our kids are ours for life but they only come close when there is difficulty strife. It's so sad to see them ignore mom and dad. It's as if raising them 20 years of your life was a favor they let you preform. Now that can truly drive one mad!

God Bless You!

John Michael

Reviewed by Mercedes Hawkins

Reviewed on June 19, 2014

Agree with Sandie Angel. Each generation learn from the other. The old pass the torch of knowledge they have learned in the present life and the young come in with knowledge from ancestors passed on to them through genes

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Each generation has to survive on its own. The legacy we leave our children should weigh on our hearts because we have wasted so much.

Ron

Reviewed by Sandie May Joyce (Sandie Angel)

People always have to think about the future of their children, not just themselves. See the present as how their children's lives would be in the future.

Parents do not ceased to being parents when their child moves away, they should be in their lives until the parents die. There is always a bond between parents and child to care for one another. Whatever the olds can learn from the youngs, and whatever the youngs can learn from the olds is called bonding in life, each feeding th other the knowledge they have gained in life. You'll be surprised how much the youngsters know the things that you don't know. Their wisdom speaks for themselves.

Sandie

Reviewed by audrine max

Reviewed on June 18, 2014

it is true. if we don't make a move, might as well say hello to doom.

The ones you put in it