Okay

Okay to be disappointed with;
okay to disagree with;
okay to warn;
okay to want more for;
okay to see it another way;
okay to not have the means to help;
okay to not approve;
okay to think whatever you want,

but,

there is a time and place,
and you don't spit in your child's face.
Give support when it is needed.
Don't rub it in; spread it; feed it.
That's all I've ever asked of you.
At least I take the time to try and see your view.
Constantly, ram down my throat how selfish I am,
but the lamb is taught by the ewe and the ram.

If just once you'd make us feel that we could come
to you when we're coming undone.
Instead, you want to make us run
so far, the other way.
Guess it's been brewing night and day.

Physical distance makes it hard, but it won't be the murderer.
The gap you've created between us will go much further.

You see it how you want to see it.
You ignore the attempts I have made.
Well, now we'll have to be distant
from many miles away.

March 1, 1996