LETTER TO MY SON AND DAUGHTERS

Wager all you have in these your life stakes

Take a chance, trust in fortune, ride the wave

It doesn’t matter who, except you, likes you

They can dance on your graves for centuries,

You will not care, you won’t be there.

Trust your instincts, do not fear saying ‘I don’t know’

Take time to notice the world as it is

Remember, when you love, it is forever

Respect the old and the young

Look at how nature orders the world

Nobody has a stake through their heart.

The eternal law is mutability, change.

Never tell the poor that money doesn’t matter

Remind the rich that pride comes before a fall

Preach about camels and needles

There’s no stake in your heart, hearts are joined by choice

Don’t let the world decide what you believe

Go scrumping apples in late September

Blackberrying in the fall.

Worry about your children, as we parents do,

Love them all the way through.