亲子知否 between us, who knows

父母之爱子则为之计深远
不急不计，不谋其远，将来不及
却计太远，谋深忘近，情疏于计
谁知，谁之，随之，随子

父母爱余，扬子天下
父母爱失，子不及己
望子为龙，忘子为己
无论计力，亲子远离

爱子 will you know

love is the distance we will look ahead
down every unmarked trail for you
creating a life worth living
constructing a world worth saving

careening from moment to moment
carving conscience against gravity
if we let it go, we waste time for you
if we go too far, we lose time with you
when we forget the short days before
and the long decades after a ceremony
when we make you less than us
because we can’t imagine more
when we neglect to let you outside
after telling you to hide to survive

allowing doubt to drown you out
mistaking trust never runs out

...

I may make all the wrong choices
but I will never laugh at your dreams

instead I will teach you how to dream
oceans of wildflowers without beds
a cathedral of forest without a road
to see what could be beyond what is
to ask for too much, give too much, be too much, too extra, too human, make it, revel in it, shout it, fling it from the skies
carry only light

gratitude and hope
name not a mission
but a prayer

may you 记亲
one day only you will be left to judge
only you will remember our plans