Success

How successful is it,
when someone sacrifices their family for money?

a broken family it is,
16 years now,
how successful is that?

do this do that,
sometimes it even seems like child labor,
how successful is that?

taking away your daughters childhood,
replacing it with chores,
how successful is that?

you don't even know who her best friends are,
or if she has a boyfriend,
even her teachers know her better,
how successful is that?

just working all day and night,
she can't even talk to you,
she is afraid of you,
how successful is that?

what's her favorite food?
what's her favorite subject?
even what courses she is taking?
all wrong,
how successful is that?

how successful is your parenting,
if your children are scared of you,
they cant even talk to you,
if you just leave food on the table all morning,
if you expect them to do just as much on top of school,
if you expect them to just work 24/7,
how successful is that?

if you can't even tolerate a small argument,
and pretend that things are OK,
'cause you're always right,
as long as you feel better,
its all OK now,
as long as everyone drops whatever they're doing to help you finish you're work,
it will always be OK.

what they feel doesn't matter,
why this happens,
because they are bad kids,
as long as you're great parents then its OK.

how can you look in the mirror,
lying to yourself time after time?
you don't even know your on daughter walked off to cry,
do you care?
no...

marks don't matter,
feelings don't matter,
what other people think doesn't matter.
all that matters is money.

how successful is that?
to sacrifice your family for money?
yes you're successful in terms of career,
but as a parent,

you're a total failure.