Father And Son

By Ruperake Petala

He comes home now his mind filled with the wisdom of the Papalagi.

Your son has done well at school, and you are proud and show him off to friends for their congratulations, for you had wanted it all this way.

Suddenly he speaks and you don’t want to hear him.

He dresses and you don’t want to see him.

He tries to explain himself but you say he’s just a trying-to-be-smart-little-cheek who’s had too much education.

I wonder where in the darkness you lost each other, father and son?