children

your children are not your children

they are son and daughter of lifee longing"s for itself

they come from u not from u

And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,

For they have their own thoughts.

you may house theirr bodies but nt souls

For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams

you strive to be like them but never try to make them like u

for life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday