nobody
tells young women and men
what
to expect when either has children
yes,
we know they don’t have a user’s guide
it
would’ve been nice to know about the slide
with
a long, downward spiraling descent
leading
to desperation that’s permanent
a
noose made from years of tears and regret
the
random memories we’d like to forget
most
of us know we’ll never find perfection
it
doesn’t correlate with the “human condition”
there
is one thing that all of us are told
a
love so deep it never grows old
many
of us heard fragments of discontent
not
taken very seriously as they came and went
fast
forward to my own tiny, little bundle of joy
nurses
go crazy; blonde curly hair on my boy
I
heard, all the time, how fast the times goes
everyone
agreed about how fast they grow
in
reality within the grand scheme of all things
even good moms and dads are just human beings
even good moms and dads are just human beings
what
you’re told and who told you isn’t relevant
there’s
nothing easy about being a good parent
©
February 13, 2015 – Tamara Imes-Nicholas
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