Saturday, April 20, 2019

About Time

I gave the Amazon Series ‘White Dragon’ a look today...

In an early scene, one millennial adult child
speaks to another 
about the crushing disappointment of being someone’s child ...

“Parents are just like us, but older, you know.
Just as screwed up with 20 more years of secrets.
Don’t be so hard on your mom.
You know, she could be a good person and fucked up too.
The most interesting people I know are.”

I am 64, and my parents are rolling
down the hill to 90...
fully encumbered
with imperfect histories 
and increasingly fixed frailties

Just like me

My choice ...

Simply love and embrace them
as the humans I know as mom and dad
~ those who gave me the gift of life
and fuel me still ...

~ zjm