Raising teenagers is challenging. Especially teenagers dealing with the emotions arising from major changes in their lives. I don't always get it right, but I try. Over the past year I have written a few poems particularly for my children. Here is one:
There are seasons
In us
Around us
And if my flourishing spring
Coincides with your stormy winter winds
Know this:
We are still rooted
Together in the same ground
Foundations firm enough to hold us both
Through the changing weathers.
And I have faith to believe
Your sapling tree can bend
Unbroken by the gale
Strengthened by the flexing
Hoping one day you’ll see
The shelter of my evergreen
Standing close beside you
Until your summer comes.
