It is a syntactically simple question: Would you sacrifice your life for your parents?
Don't ask me why this question popped into my head, today. I think I was going be hyperbolic to make a point in a text to my mom; something along the lines of, "Of course I will stop and pick up milk for you; I would take a bullet for you. I think I can pick up dairy products once in awhile..." I never did write it and the texts were about something completely different, but you get the point...
Anyway, after thinking about it, I realized it is a lie.
Well, let me back peddle a little bit. Instinctually, God knows what I would do if someone tried to shoot my mom. Filial programming might amount to my jumping in front of the shot without thinking. I think it probably would.
But, given time to think about it...no. No, I would not. If it came down to me and her, I would opt for me.
Do you think this is horrible? If you do, you must not be a parent. It comes down to this: I wouldn't do that to her.
Dark, I suppose, but a nice little mental mire to waddle through on a rainy day, if you are lucky enough to be in the middle of one.
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| Cordelia and Lear |
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