I love that you used a music analogy here, because I think we tend to think of older or newer music and older or younger generations as being so different from us, but the underlying themes are still just human, and that refrain repeats for all of us.
Like others have said, I'm really appreciating the music metaphor and the poignancy of the phenomenon of thinking we're so different, then realizing we're much the same. I also liked the rhythm of these lines: "I gave up early/I gave up thoroughly"
Hey, pop.
I'll make this quick.
i am sorry.
i gave up early.
i gave up thouroghly.
It seemed so easy, that path.
So right.
you were so out of tune.
So not cool.
Then the mirror starts playing it back at me and my firstborn.
and i am sorry all over again.
Wow - "the mirror starts playing it back." So beautifully put. I can definitely relate to this, both as a daughter and as a mother.
I love that you used a music analogy here, because I think we tend to think of older or newer music and older or younger generations as being so different from us, but the underlying themes are still just human, and that refrain repeats for all of us.
Rock on, wild thing.
Like others have said, I'm really appreciating the music metaphor and the poignancy of the phenomenon of thinking we're so different, then realizing we're much the same. I also liked the rhythm of these lines: "I gave up early/I gave up thoroughly"
Powerful, "the mirror starts playing it back at me."
"Then the mirror starts playing it back" -- so good.
This is beauitfully sad and sweet, Chuck. I hear you.