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Growth Spurt Did you steal the flowers of yesterday's years to plant a garden today? In order to smother a life with your immature habits and ways? Did you grow up without growing too old? Is ignorance of actions breaking apart, hurting, taunting just to scold? Must you blame call names and bully through your life? To bribe your egos senses of where you stand just to hurt a fellow man. Who wins who loses of repetitiously pitting man to man? Many refuse to grow hearts with a painless plan. Children play and learn to their teens but never realize the impact of mean. Grown-ups see yet they can’t let go nor ever show love or happiness for everyone; bid time to good thoughts not blame, shame or sicken anyone. |
Additional Notes:
Note: Hatred, racism, unusual behavior of people who should know better as adults that
it is quite dysfunctional to spew their own personal anger on others causing emotional pain that causes
hurt to others. They lay down their heads on their pillows at night feeling satisfied, justified while
they put thoughts in others minds who need to learn what ever has been said, done or distressed them
in in the hands of "God" and let God do his work. Always take the high road!
This Poem was Critiqued By: Tony P Spicuglia On Date: 2011-03-26 11:12:37
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 9.87500
This piece is current or as old as mankind. There is much truth contained in your words. I do have a twelve year old in jr. high, and to this day- the bullying and learned behaviors are no different than when I grew up.
There are a litany of reasons adults poison their children. In the end, as you say “man to man†the resulting adults are the grown children “growth spurtsâ€.
Using “spurt†as a metaphor for the entire piece is brilliant. Many will see the “increase†in growing, so to speak, but I think most readers will miss the secondary meaning of “gushing or expungingâ€. In your piece- the need for truth, acceptance and compassion in our society, and with our children, is accurate and needful.