It’s revelation and a shock
to find today the path you walk
is one once mocked and so reviled
when then a foolish, willful child
who scoffed at every sacred cow
you guard with fervent passion now
To feel a fondness new and strange
for features once you yearned to change
a poignant awe and admiration
for that dear older generation
who suffered so to bring you up
a clumsy, reckless, silly pup
and know now what they used to mean
"she’ll never make it to 18"
Their sage advice once cast aside
statutes by which you now abide
with sense of self and inner peace
that only time served can release.
@ 2009
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