The Circle of Love

We once wrote a love poem in class. Instead of writing about family or friends I talked about the circle of life, actually I talked about the circle of love. I loved writing this poem because it reminds me of how family works and how we continue to change our loves and view in seconds. It relates to me in the way I always find a way to twist my poems into something they didn't originally start off as.

Everybody loves you

Because you're too young to do wrong.

Now you're a minor annoyance.

Asking too many questions,

Oblivious to danger, breaking things,

Yet we still love you.

Soon you hit puberty, no kids in school

"Like you that way".

But don't worry, your parents still love you,

It'll be over soon.

Now you're in High school,

You cling to all the attention you can get,

You're affectionately anemic.

Soon you're in college, your old rendezvous pass,

New come, yet are all apathetic

together just to be with someone.

You're starting a family, with the love of your life

The first to love you slip from your heart.'As you start to love

Your own children

because they are too young to do wrong.