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Friday, 22 July 2011

To Those Who Came Before Us

Every senior citizen I have spoken to (and forgive me if I seem presumptuous) has seemed intent on giving me advice in varying strengths and fields. This is what I have to say in return, from one generation to another:

To Those Who Came Before Us

We value your experience and its offspring wisdom,
As you must yourself.
But recognize the value in repeated learning;
learning again for oneself.

To instruct us is to incite rebellion,
To inform us is to provide guidance.
The difference is simple;
You see it in our stance.

And do not expect to pass opinion
Without recieving in turn
We are here to express,
Discuss and mutually learn.

Force not upon me
your rules and demands
try instead to see who I am
One cannot hate what one understands

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