not your burden

When the needs of the parents

are imposed on the child
generation
after generation
ad – what – infinitum?

Escape.
NOW.
While you can. The window, the door,
stands open.

WALK AWAY.

Do *not* look back.

There is no guilt.

You are the seed, the next generation,

THE FUTURE.

Allow yourself to be blown by the currents of life
to find your *own* place in this world.

Do not allow *their* needs, desires, hopes, wishes, dreams

to be an albatross
an anchor
a chain that binds you

to that which is

NOT YOURS

not your burden
to bear.