As a child you see your parents
As permanent fixtures
Like Michelangelo’s David
Unwavering, always there
Bus as you grow up
You realize that your parents
Are only mortals
As you watch them grow older
You see them taking more pills
Going to the doctor more
You can see the age start to seep into their eyes
Even as you watch them age
You can’t fathom that someday
They will be gone
They seem so invincible
And indestructible as superman
When you are young
But then you begin to see that
They are mere mortals and
Someday will not walk upon this earth
Oh, if the naivety of childhood could only last forever…
Just like we believed out parents would
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