fatherhood

Women in general get broody at some point, particually the older they get with the body clock ticking but you don't often hear men openly say they want kids of their own free will. It is almost as if its expected of you regardless when you are in a relationship and you toe the line.

There are of course men out there who simply don't care or are trophy fathers but there are others who have the desire to put some roots down, make a foundation and it is something very important on an emotional level.

My sister and I learned the value of family the hard way but also through the uncomprimisng Love of our Father who nurtured us with a heart as big as Jupiter and who battled on against hardships both emotional and financial to give us the best start in life he could. A story to long to type here but it is enough to say I have no time for those who treat their family as a commodity and invest no time in cultivating it, particually when it comes to children for parents are god in children's eyes and nothing else matters to them.

I am annoyed with someone I have known for a long time. I once said I would bust his balls, if he was fucking up. Quite frankily he has well exceeded the point of redemption and troubles have been pointed out to him on more than one occassion from various angles. The only thing left is the hangman to pull the trapdoor on the his marriage and ironically, he is the ignorant and arrogant hangman himself.

Thus this is a poem founded on what can only be discribed as my digust of someone who had the foundation of a great family and who quite frankily does nothing to prove he deserves it.

He would do well to remember "We reap what we nuture" - and not everything we nuture is for the best.