Astrid Seriese - On Children

your children
are not your children
they are the sons and daughters
of life's longing for itself

they come trough you
but they are not from you
and though they are with you
they belong not to you

you can give them your love
but not your thoughts
for they have their own thoughts
they have their own thoughts you can house their bodies
but not there souls
for their souls dwell
in a place of tomorrow

wich you cannot visit
not even in your dreams
you can strive to be like them
but you cannot make them just like you

strive to be like them
but you cannot make them just like you