generation


by Jonathan Hunter-Kilmer

a family is chosen

not obliged by birth

or law

we do not hurt each other

on purpose

nor do gnaw

on bonds that can't be snapped

or stretched

I ran away from mine

but I can choose those

who by birth

are here by will divine

a child is not a servant

slave

bound until legal age

compels the parents to let go

or not

and close the cage

adults are servants to a child

until no longer need

the body frail

or mind to quail

the older intercede

You make the rules

I teach them

and

at best

show them the way

Your blood

and mine

will ease their path

if they have learned to pray

and ask You for the things

You know they really ought to need

so when

they have their children

they'll know

Who

will intercede

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