Senior year and you won’t pass
Not college, but summer class

Big brother grows up and then moves off
Mom gets tired and starts to cough

Just you and dad, but that’s okay
Another morning, another day

In college soon, for a phd
Then the world to go and see

The world is tough, as you will learn
Dreams will fade and cease to burn

You’ll marry next, kids on the way
Bills pile up, hairs go gray

Soon dad will go, then brother, too
You won’t believe you’ve made it through

It seems too much for you right now
But here you are, some way some how

Just hold on tight to friends and kin
And you will start to smile again

Your pain will turn to joy because
You’ll learn to love from what you’ve lost

Twenty-one

Go to bed or stay up?
Probably the latter.
Vodka or Gin?
It doesn’t matter.

Tomorrow’s the test.
But tonight is for laughter.
You won’t get an A.
That doesn’t matter.

She’s cute. Will you marry?
We’ll solve that after.
One or two kids?
It doesn’t matter.

Where will you work?
I’ll think of that later.
What are your goals?
I’ll know when it matters.

See, I know that you care
But please stop your chatter
For its Friday night
And that’s all that matters.