Distant From A Discipline Given

Rudderless and left to float...
Our children today,
Are left with emotions remoted.
And devoted to show,
The little they know about life.
With a disrespect...
Close but yet so distant from a discipline given.

With expectations limited to a failure praised...
And parental guidance,
Are never questions amongst themselves raised.
Well,
Simply put...
Many of our children today,
No longer fantasize about having strict parents.

Or...
Think of it,
As a human betrayal...
Omitted from their existence.

Rudderless and left to float...
Our children today,
Are left with emotions remoted.
And devoted to show,
The little they know about life.
With a disrespect...
Close but yet so distant from a discipline given.

And 'we',
Seem so afraid...
To be their example of mature adult men,
And no nonsense taking women!

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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