Parents

by Virginia Earl

If they let us go adrift…
We wonder why
If they don’t let us go adrift…
We wonder why

If they are around all the time…
We wonder why
If they are not around all the time…
We wonder why

If they hug us all the time…
We sometimes wonder why

If they don’t hug us enough…
We wonder why

If they want to talk to us…
We wonder why

If they don’t talk to us…
We wonder why

But there is one thing…
No need to wonder…
They will always love…
Their children
More than their own life
And life itself…
It is no wonder…