Roots and Wings by Chris Williams

Be their someone to depend on
Make them safe at home
Let them go whenever they need to
Let them search and roam

 

 

Love them to the nth degree
Smother them with care
Set them free to soar like angels
Who knows how they’ll fare

 

 

Love them for their faults and weakness
Praise them for their skills
You will learn from their endeavour
This is no battle of wills

 

 

Let them march to a different drummer
If that’s what they need
Let them make their own mistakes
Though your heart may bleed

 

 

Your children are a gift to you
You must give your best
Give them roots but give them wings
…..They will do the rest