EMPTY OUT

About this poem

The poem captures the joy humans experience when they become parents, and then how they stay tied to them all their life. And then a day comes when children turn adults and move out to live their life independently, leaving their parents behind. Generally, parents who by then become old, feel lonely and miss their beloved their children who they loved and cared for ever since they brought them into life. The poem suggests that it is time for the parents to take out and empty out their bag of some unfulfilled dreams that they had to throw away in order to raise kids and run their family. The poem suggests that the parents that miss their children, feel lonely and abandoned must instead revive their unfulfilled dreams or find some new engagements and keep going. It would be comforting to change their self-perception a bit when they reach that stage of life. Look at themselves as the channel that God chose to bring the children into life. Now that they are ready for life, it is only natural that they leave them and their home for their life. Let them now fly into the sky which you always wanted to give them. And remember, if you truly love them and they love you too, they will never get away from you, because love keeps relationships intact. So, you better give yourself to some of those hobbies and passions you had sacrificed back then for the family and children. more »