DGchild

A mother is losing her son to her enemy which is manhood. The mother tells of the son growing, and changing over time. The mother seems to be hesitant about her son growing older, broader, and more mature. She talks of the past, when she put her son into sleepers (pajamas), and she talks of world being against her son, saying that people "were putting him in chains". This feeling is common for about every parent in the world, the feeling of finally realizing your 'baby' is no longer a child anymore. In this poem, and in life, the parent has to learn to adjust and let the child go. This love is between parent and son.