Ode to Mom and Dad

"The cats in the craddle and the silver spoon"
"little boy blue and the man in the moon..."
"......My boy was just like me"
"he'd grown uo just like me..."
I am nothing like my Dad
my Dad is ignorant, not in a rude kinda way
but in an uneducated narrow minded kinda way
I have an Unquenchable Thirst for Knowlege
My Dad has worked one meaningless job after another
content to be miserable to Just pay the bills
no dreams or ambitions for anything better
I am a Dreamer
dead set to make it to the top
by My rules
My way
All Ambition
in one direction
work, eat, sleep - work, eat, sleep - work, eat sleep.....
that's his Life
I want to touch everyones Life
Through my art and my words
that's what I Strive to achieve
his crowning achievement in life has been what
to provide
he will swallow His pride everyday
to have food to swallow
I would Starve
if All I had to swallow was My Pride
He has comprimised His morals and ideals
to Just get by
I Live by Mine
without which I would rather Die
And my Mom too has a similar damnation
she waited 'till I was 21
to get her High School education
she didn't hold a job thru my childhood
adolescent
or teen years
I had a job before she did
she too had no ambition for greatness
I Will be Great!!!!
I haven't made it yet
but when I do
But
But when I do
When I do it won't be just my achievement
it will be their's too
Because My DAD
My DAD has worked One Thankless, Miserable Job
after another
JUST TO PROVIDE
Given up Any Hopes and Dreams
JUST
to give Me
the opportunity
to Chase Mine
He swallowed His Pride EVERYDAY!!
So I would NEVER have to swallow Mine
He threw away His Morals and Ideals
so I could Live By Mine
and My MOM,
My MOM made sure I got an education And a Job
Before she let HERSELF!!!
She made Sure I could stand on my own two feet
Before She learned how to stand on Hers!!!
Their's has been a Life of Sacrifice
in hopes that mine could be one of Paradise
They gave over the Best years of Their lives
to Mediocrity
in hopes of Greatness for Me
I am my own man!!!
I kneel before no-one
I follow my dreams
stand by my ideals
and live by My rules
I will never swallow my pride
and always walk My Own stride
I am only able to do these things
because of the things
They sacrificed
you see,
I can shoot for the Stars today
Only
because THEY let THEIR Stars
Slip away