Give them a foot they will take a mile.

Story of love and reflection

I learned this fact for my childhood up

Give them a foot they will take a mile

Is it in the way they think or play

With our minds they think they can get over on us all

I was told come when your call

Do what your told

Speak when your spoken to

and listen to every word Mother said

We never gave any back talk

We never spoke out of anger

we were in the house at supper time

and it was time to go home when the street lights came on

It's 11:00 Pm do you know where your children are

Life was simpler then

We lived in fear

Of what our parents would say or do

So our behavior was on the check list

Every Day and Every Night

Reviews

[Valentine]

In our area there are so many children living in foster care I wonder how both parents turned out bad. Valentine

[wordman]

well my friend i can relate,but times has changed for sure,well for most anyway
i`m sure they are still some great parents out there

[Gee]

How very,very true.Respect,that was instilled into us at an early age,admittedly sometimes with an ear ringing slap or a kick up the arse,but in the main no harm done and a better breed of child raised.Many of today's kids roam wild,feral,up to all sorts,touch them and they bring the law into action.THEY NEED A GOOD SLAP !!!!!Enjoyed this piece.

[Catherine]

You do speak truth. Your poetic truth that "It's 11:00 Pm do you know where your children are
Life was simpler then" (SmittyJas, 2016) Our parents were very involved.