What traditions have you not kept that your parents had?
Although my parents are long past
They live in my mind and through a world so
crass
Their quiet influence and honourable way
Are with me each and every day
They were not traditional and were nobody’s fool
And to them tradition was not a rule
They lived their lives to do their best
And always passed the independent test
So no tradition did they pass on
For independent thought, I was born
This poem is to thank them verily
And for the memories I smile verily.
thenotsomightyom 