Little Victories

Learning to crawl before learning to walk
learning to let them know before you're gonna go
learning don't touch that ,because it is too hot
learning don't touch those, because you were told NOT

The ABC's , and arithmetic and history
boys and girls, religion and family
Jobs and career, fail and succeed
finding out what worked for you,  may not work for me

Little Victories
strung together
may slowly win a war
but don't get so caught up in battle
that you forget , what you are fighting for

Time slips by when you are having fun
It really flies when you find something, or someone
to take your mind off the facts
that this runaway train has lost the tracks

You spend most of your life being taught and told what to do
and part of your life trying to decide what's right and who was wrong
and part of your life realizing it was all true
you don't know what you've got til it is gone

and your kids grow up and move away
find someone to love and a job that may or may not pay
and they decide you are wrong even though
they may not have heard ALL you have to say

and you go to work and do your best
hope you can be there for them when they are put to test
and you wonder where the time has gone
as Time  lays  your parents, family and friends to rest

Learning, Living Loving and Losing
we all have to deal and find "what works for me?"
I remember being taught how to brush my teeth
to ride a bike, to say thank you
I remember the times mom and dad smiled so proudly

Little Victories
Strung together
Will Slowly Win a War
but don't get so caught up in battle
that you forget what you are fighting for


Created, Written and owned by Mark Burkenbine
Copyright 2014  Mark Burkenbine

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