Expected

Parents create complications,

That children need to erase,

They are expected to

By who?

What if they can't?

What if they are dying trying to handle their own lives...

What if they try and still fail...

Children have lived half their lives,

Have half their experience,

Have half their wisdom,

Have their own problems,

Like parents have their own.

But they know the path they have taken,

They take responsibility for every decision they take.

Parents are expected to take responsibility, 

For their own decisions,

They are expected to

By who?

When do parents become like children?

When do children become like parents?

When are they expected to?

By who?