The needs of

The needs of

The complication of the thing,
life's longing for itself.
To stay and protect, or leave
for a foreign land.
If I were to go and lay down life,
stand the ground for others
for a better chance.
What will I leave behind,
my duty of care?
They say I have to stay,
A child needs me there.
Is my role as vital as proclaimed,
Is my presence the largest need,
Safe at home in my arms
While those of others bleed?
Time they say is important,
Spend as much as one can,
But little is spoke of quality
or the firmness of a hand.
Playing alone on the floor
Talking from high on horse
While scrolling through feeds
Speaking of a child's needs.
There doesn't mean raising
nor absence result in harm,
To place such importance
on one or two is a risk.
All have opinions, all will say,
you chase your dreams
while those close suffer
with a future of dismay.
Experience is what it is,
responsibility taken hard
Simplifying in one shard
while failing in so many more.
Do not work, stay
Otherwise they will not succeed,
Ignoring that so many before
Have gone on to be much more.
You think you are so required,
It can be only you.
But the discomforting thought
Anyone can offer love.
Damage need not be caused,
By a heart lost to war,
A car crash, or a tumor,
Do you dare lay blame?
The life of one led
Judging that of another,
A father gone to earn,
A hard-working mother.
Has the world improved
Are the children full of skill
Wobbling on their feet
Popping another pill.
Strength is not in the there,
It is in the how and why
The singing in the sleep
The blowing on a skinned knee.
But if it cannot be me
To do these things one day,
I hope that there is one
To teach and support the way.
But at the end of it all,
there is only one on which to rest
And no matter the start,
we can each become our best.

Taraz
[ a Steem original ]