I see me now in the mirror of my children
Grown but close in contact and conversation
Each exhibits behaviors that are familiar
And for me now, not all that desirable
It is I, at the time of life where they are now
And what I see takes me back
Not that they are not innately intelligent
Not that they are not industrious and energetic
It is behaviors that I see, all too familiar
Behaviors that I've spent time altering
Twenty years hence, they will reflect
Good but in need of changing
