# Sullied

**Published by:** [One Female Experience](https://paragraph.com/@one-female-experience/)
**Published on:** 2022-07-14
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@one-female-experience/sullied

## Content

I don't understand. Which of these Do you believe? That your life is perfect And contains no suffering? Or that you've imbibed superpowers That can shield your genes And your future offspring From harm, from lies, from pain? Either you're high on hubris Or you're sorely misinformed If you think the world will change In 20 years Or that you've become omnipotent In 30. So pray, enlighten me. How do you make the choice To bring forth this sanctified Fruit of your loins Into a cold hard world - Knowing it will suffer, It will blame you for life, It will want to check out But will be trapped By the mad senseless love Of a child for its parent? Is it to pass on the baton Of the shame you face each day, The burden of not being able To erase the pain Of your parents' failure? Or is it to make whole By taking from a pure gullible source That hole in your emotional pocket From love spurned or rationed low? Is this what we must all do? Pass on the pain And place the weight Of inherited great expectations Onto the next generation? And call it love, call it hope, Call it parental faith, Call it optimism Or maybe a renewed lease On the dreams we now know Will never materialize? Well, take my name Off that list. I know when my game is up And I know it's not a relay race. It may be a marathon That I'm quitting halfway, But atleast it's my marathon And when I plead mercy, Only I feel the pain Of a world that goes on grinding, Until I'm only dust. I don't grab little hands And force them to twist with me, Bend them out of shape Long before they realize - They're at the start Of their own marathon They don't even know They're too winded to run. You may think I'm dumb And maybe you'll never realize That it's not me, It's you - who Through your ignorance Or willful cruelty Bring into life Something pure, Only to be sullied.

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