What traditions have you not kept that your parents had?
Although my parents are now 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 merrily.
thenotsomightyom 