This is an expression of when you don't have that part in your life poetically.
Fatherhood: A Dream Denied
It seemed like a millennia
ago
I was gung ho
Unable to hide the
desire for
A child
Children of mine
To love and cherish
Raise and define
Into the most
beautiful of masterpieces
That I could devise
Planning and
preparations made
Even a schedule of
when and how
Was formulated
But the unforeseen factors
came
Claimed the dream and
the reality
Even in the perfect
situation
I felt parentally
defamed
As denied
Was the only result
The constant that
remained
Raising others
children
As my own
Though incredible
But not the same
Adopt they said
You will always be
the loving father
To children that you
love and claim
I couldn’t because it
wasn’t
The same
For me
It is those
Moments and feelings
From holding them
when they are first born
To supporting them in
their activities
Knowing that they are
a part of me
That I helped mold
them from the beginning
When the final
chapter came
And there was the
need for
The ultimate decision
to be made
I made it
And decided
unselfishly
I walked away
Leaving behind the
dream
Knowing that it wasn’t
my destiny
Whether it was
fallacy
Or inevitability
Fatherhood was
Denied to me
From the
chocolatezeus collection 6/18/17 ©
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