Sense Sonnet - Acher

Kidding Aside

When a parent's in public life
And is caught in scandalous deed,
Then both the husband and the wife
Can choose how each will then proceed.
But children of the parents are
Not able to so freely choose.
When the scandal's known near and far
And never disappears from news,
Kids have to grow up in the shade
Of shadows parents have cast out.
Just when kids think it all will fade,
The ugliness renews about.

We the children are the ones who
Pay for parents who are untrue.