Echoes of Youth: A Reflective Journey
Explore the poignant contrast between the vibrant laughter of youth and the quiet reflection of adulthood in this deeply moving poem.
BIRTHRIGHT
My daughter
in the living room
with her friends
loudly laughing.
In my room
my door closed
at my desk
outside the joy
of their youth
unrestrained.
I smile, the thought
thirty years hence
perhaps they
will be sitting
like me now
listening
to their children
carry forth
the exuberance
that should be
the birthright
of every new
generation.
