Jeans down to the crack
Showing respect is oh so lax
Boxer shorts in colors galore
Makes my eyes wish for no more
What is the statement being made
When my face turns crimson and many shades
I want to believe that they have smarts
But all I see is brains come apart
Each of us were made to be
To fit in with our family
We were given talents to share
Not to see your underwear
The pressures of being a youth today
Cause many kids to go a stray
To be accepted in a group
Has thrown their thoughts for a loop
I know that once I was a teen
And I wanted to be oh so keen
An ear was pierced, my dad got mad
I wanted to fit, but he mad me sad
I wore skirts and little shirts
Mom said be careful, when playing in dirt
Don’t show your privates to other eyes
Don’t lie in grass, legs to the skies
Cross your legs, don’t let eyes in
Because you don’t want to cause others to sin
Now most morals have left the door
Anything goes from shore to shore
I am glad my parents cared
And loved me by the way they shared
That staying true to who you are
Will keep you close and not drift too far.
August 29,2012
Terry Shepherd
Who I am 
Very good …. I know we where not much better then than they are today – the youth. Still if we don’t put down rules .. they gets totally lost. In the bottom line we all like rules to live by and to feel that somebody cares, even if they nag.
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i believe this also, it is all about feeling our self-worth in life
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Me too !
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superlike to this one!!
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thank you so much!!!!!!!
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Very good….PS: I am always tempted to grab a loop and pull up! hahaha 🙂
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go for it!!!!!!!! thanks for the compliment. it means a lot to me……..
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Good work, Terry. It’s so true. I cannot understand anyone wanting to show their bodies off while walking in a public area. A friend told me about a woman at a flea market who “fell out” of her top it was so small and she was so big. I think it is disgusting. And she wasn’t all that young. If they could only see that they are really degrading themselves in others’ eyes maybe they would have second thoughts about how they dress. I often wonder if they look in the mirror. Modesty seems to be a word that is becoming obsolete in this day.
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that is just disgusting about that woman. i don’t think they look in the mirror and if they do they only see a mask of who they wish they look like
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Oh Terry, you are so clever and funny with rhymes – thank goodness Ming doesn’t wear his jeans down to his knees!
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i just hate to see guys showing their cracks. geesh!!! lol
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Angel Terry, one time I had my youngest at the park, swinging, and I saw this young man coming down the sidewalk. I tried not to stare, because I thought he was disabled somehow. He was walking with difficulty. Come to find out, it was that his pants were down so far, that he couldn’t walk right! haha! God bless you as you write!
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i know what you mean. they have to walk with their legs spread in order to hold their pants up. lolol
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I see all kinds of dress since I work in retail. It is appalling that some of these kids are allowed out of the house. I would not have been!!
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when i was in the seventh grade, my mom would not let me wear my skirts up to my butt crack, lol, but other girls were, so when i got on the school bus in the mornings, i would roll my skirt at the waist, til i got it short! i forgot to remember that my granddad drove the school bus, he told my mom and i got grounded. lol
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I always got caught on the rare occasions I tried to get away with something, too!!
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lol i think we probably all did, but mother knows best, right!, just sayin……….
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