Any comments about this poem?

Question

Ancient Struggle

Another age old story,

seventeen years of nurturing

yearning to be free,

a sense of entitlement reigns

it’s a whole new game;

an eternal rite of passage.

Little angel

you have grown strong; bold;

your heart dismissive and cold.

Where are you going?

Once a babe in our arms

now distant; so disarming,

a little girl no more

storms out the door. . . .

Where are you taking our hearts?

Answer 1

at 2, they step on your feet

at 22, they step on your heart

Answer 2

Only they know where the heart goes, in part.

As long as they return with heart to share, Hopefully unbroken.

Be they daughters, granddaughters, who fly from the nest,

hopefully prepared!

A lovely poem, Kudos!

Answer 3

A tear falls... for the Mother... Earth and Womb... Flesh and Blood... Wisdom and Pain... daughters never really know how harsh and cruel they can be when they come of age... all they wish is to be gone, with boys, with friends, in cars, in parks, away, as far as they can run... but sometimes they... WE, do not see the friend we may be leaving behind, thrown away... and such a shame... the love that has been built over all these years cannot be simply disregarded. Take heart! She will see what she has done and return... we can all keep our hopes up for you...

In my answer I speak to the voice I hear in the poem... regardless of weather this is based on a truth you have found or directly relating to you, my words are given in truth to any who have been through what this poem depicts so eloquently...

Blessed Be, in Family and Love of a Mother and Daughter... Siren

Answer 4

The more I read the younger generations poems, the more my heart goes out to them. There must be so much heartache out there in the world, so many troubled minds.

Where is the joy and happiness of my youth, is it lost to this seemingly tormented generation?

This poem is no exception, though well penned, it leaves me sad that all joy seems to take no further part in the poems of the young. Is it to be left to the older generation to express the great happiness that still abounds in this world.

Robert