ONE MORE TIME

This is about a relationship that went South. The child I loved as if he were mine. My heart ached more deeply for the child then the mother.

       She took her child and ran into the night,

  I searched for them they were nowhere in sight.

 

       My world shattered I don’t know what to do,

  I’m not missing just one, but there is two.

 

       I have spent ten years taking care of the child,

  Cast out of his life I was Exiled.

 

       I miss his laughter, his voice and the looks on his face,

  With the two of them gone I feel so out of place.

 

       Getting over her was not easy it was tough,

  He was a blessing a Diamond in the rough.

 

       It’s been over a year, and they tell me he is tall,

  My hands are tied my backs against the wall.

 

       I thought I would see him grow up become an adult,

  A fine young man my input a direct result.

 

       I love him as if he were mine,

  I would give my life to see him just ONE MORE TIME….

 

                   TURBO1904   NOV. 2020

Reviews

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

To be loved like that is so powerful and meaningful in life. It is what you carry for the remainder of life. That shapes your soul, your heart, and the way you will choose to love others. I have no doubt Debra that you have given to him all these incredible attributes that will shape him into the man he will become. And it is in those precious gifts you have given that he will never ever forget you. Your beautiful poem broke my heart but also gave me hope. I have never known the love from a mother it is a profound thing to say for a 56 yr old man. There is a small emptiness in my heart there reserved for that love which will never be filled. What I wouldn't have given to be loved the way you loved that little boy. He will never forget you I am sure of that. Thank you for sharing this remarkable heartfelt poem with us.