Thursday, December 2, 2010

parenthood

You greet me
with a smile,
a nubby-handed wave
and my heart throbs
because I know
that at least once,
before I die,
you will hate me.

1 comments:

Brent Vogelman said...

Man, that last line hits hards, but I think it encapsulates every parents feelings towards their children. Chris Rock says that his sole purpose as a parent is to keep his daughter off the stripper pole. I think your poem hits on the fear that parents have of doing something wrong. Well done.

On a side note, I'm taking tonight off. Long day.