strange land

the littlies back today
yesterday i spent half the clock
talking about progress
about what had been done n undone
about the future and the past
some heard it well
some didn't want to hear
that all was not well
with their offspring
(sigh)
i see it
i really do
but
the truth is not easy
anytime
and especially when
the children are little
and are only beginning
this great journey
we expect fully formed little humans
the opportunities for exploration
for growth
for delving n diving
are small
no more after school by the creek
tearing around town on your bike
playing street football with ya mates
now its all
catch up worksheets
french horn lessons
Chinese whispers dancing hedgehog training
god, what a mess we are making
over stimulated
under creative
tired
stressed
under tens
we expect brilliance in everything
no time for failure
for learning
its all win win win
now now now
succeed succeed succeed
take take take take
beat beat beat
higher faster longer
more more more
what a disease
my repulsion for this grows stronger
but you can't help
getting sucked in when you have your own littlies
but i guess
their time will come
they too will seek
the mystery
some will become come great teachers
n monks n nuns n priests n ministers n gurus
some will ever seek
some will go to their graves
not caring one iota about the mystery
or the other
about life beyond these spatial confines
but we must keep prodding them
the smallest see this without promting
with every breathe
in a heart beat
we need
to give them space
and learn from them.

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