it is a reversal of roles <br />now the parents in their old age <br /> begin to forget <br />the children grown into strong maturity <br />begin to remember <br />how mother sings to make the <br />child once sleep <br />because she has other things <br />to do in her life <br />now the children too wish also <br />the parents' rest <br />for they too have many <br />other things to do <br />in their life <br />besides parenting the old <br /> <br />square and fair, everything leads <br />to rest in eternity <br />singing Requeiscat en Pace.<br /><br />RIC S. BASTASA<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-child-s-love-to-their-parents/
