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Brent Bowlby's avatar

Thank you for posting another one of my poems. I find writing poetry is the best way for me to figure out what is going on in my head. My heart has already been completely broken, but I won't let that happen to my brain.

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John Moore's avatar

It is refreshing and enjoyable to read expressions in poetry.

I would like to hear what folks here believe is “unconditional love.” This is a term that our two wayward children used as a weapon against us for a long while before cutting us off in favor of this dreadful cult. They claimed that our love for them was conditional, which is not true. We believe one duty of genuine love is to correct and reject unacceptable behavior in clear terms. We remained firm in our standards, but never turned a child away or denied him or her support and succor. I would still take a bullet for any of them.

Through the years, it was easy to see the popular media take on this in its talk show pop psychology, trashy supermarket literature and TV PSAs. “Let your children be who they are” in its myriad forms was the constant slogan. Huge TV audiences would applaud this mantra wildly; millions of Americans imbibed this cheap message with gusto.

Our other two grown children, on the other hand, did not adopt this immature mentality, and thank God are around us for moral support.

I welcome anyone’s thoughts.

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