ARROWS IN OUR QUIVER

By moonphish

Mon, 16 Jun 2014

a parent never learns to take

a parent is a giver

our children are like arrows

that we stuff inside our quiver

a quiver keeps them safe from harm

a quiver would not break them

yet they must bend a little bit

for that is how we make them

but tots that live with too much stress

are tots that grow defiant

let love provide the means

to keep them malleable and pliant

an arrow soon must find its path

an arrow must be gainful

it's easy stretching out the string

but letting go is painful