Parent (6/5/95)

I do not tell you your life.
I am just a reminder
of the things you have said you want.
I echo your desires
with but greater volume;
if I have shown something wrong,
it is a mirror of your own errors.
You will choose your path,
I will but pave the road.
I can not carry your burden,
nor even lighten it.
I will offer a hand for balance
or light and carry a torch to
ease the way and guide,
because I have made my own journey
and know that while there are
many routes to take, the destination
is one and the success individual.