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The In Between Years : Inspirational Poetry

written by Poet : missamerica


The In Between Years
I look at you and wish all them years I could've been there,
         I'm sure at times life was hard
               and you thought I didn't care.
            Nobody ever sat you down and gave you
               the truth of what took place,
                 And life went on, I was gone
              and the world was yours to face.
           From my heart I got to tell you
             what leaving meant back then
               and the emptiness I felt even
               surrounded in a group of men.
             I would get flash backs of me and my son,
                      the incredible joy
                    Us together, me protecting you forever
                            You were my little boy.
                     I would find a memory in the morning that would
                         bring this man to tears,
                          I would find a memory as I would lye to sleep
                          throughout those in between years.
                    Now as a man I look at you and wish I could take the
                            past
                      and fix what was shattered,
                         I realize I can't
                          And to me all that has mattered
                              Is that you have grown into a man I can be
                                proud of,
                                 a flesh of my flesh,
                            my boy, my only one,
                         I may not always say it to you,
                        But I am proud to call you my son.

Donna 2008

Originally Posted On Site: 2008-02-22 02:26:17
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