Exodus 20:3-17 (#6) Honour thy father and thy mother

Sonnet 694 Exodus 20:3-17 (#6) Honour thy father and thy mother

Our parents come in every shape and size
Invisible, invasive or inane
Inadequate, inactive or unwise
And humble, true, indifferent and vain.

And some are rich, solicitous and kind
And others greedy, poor and hard to please
And many best described as unrefined
While others climb the social scale with ease.

And yet no matter where your parents fit
In goodness or in evil or in place
You honour them by living bit by bit
Above the fortunes of your family base.

Until if everyone would turn this key
The world would be a better place to be.