A Meme and One Conversation

A meme and one conversation
Brought such clarity.
The meme, there were the Silent and Greatest Generations.
The silent generation disciplined their son
And the greatest generation disciplined theirs.
Yet, the next son, turned his back to his father's discipline.
He then coddled his child, so that it painted.
No... those children rampage through streets
Burn down our civilization
And demand that they sit idly...
Not even working like I am, figuring it all out.

Then the conversation brought upon the consequences of this.
A woman, who will remained unnamed,
Boasted of her life.
A child from a divorced home,
She worked such long hours,
She never had a family.
I recall my dad, having put all his time and energy
Into a relationship, and the result was ruin.
She asked, "I see all these women
"Getting pregnant, and living off welfare.
"I wonder if I did anything wrong."

These two things are very related.
It is the milieu we handed down
Found in the latter's dichotomy,
Of a world which rejected discipline
So therefore, could no longer truly love.