~HER PARENT'S LOSS~

This is a poem I wrote for a loved one, who experienced this horrific pain as a Child.

 

“When’s mommy coming home,”

the child asked her dad;

He was an absent parent,

but he was all she had.

 ~

He squeezed her tiny hand,

“She’s never coming back;

She doesn’t love you anymore,

because you’ve been so bad!”

      ~

Her lips began to quiver,

her brown eyes filled with tears;

She looked down at the sidewalk,

 her heart consumed with fear.

 ~

She jerked away from him,

as down the street she ran;

This was too much for any child,

to ever understand.

 ~

In front of her small home,

 she saw a car parked there;

 A strange man tried to pick her up,

her daddy only stared.

 ~

“Now go with this nice man,”

he told his eight year old;

“He's here to take you far away,

to a lovely "All Girls Home.”

~ 

She sat in that car sobbing,

while her daddy went inside;

And as they quickly drove away,

her heart began to die.

 

Author's Note

My Mother_IN_Law, whom I consider to be my real Mother, was taken away from her Parent's when she was eight yrs. old. She never became bitter, but rather, this experience served to make her even more compassionate and loving. This is dedicated to her, and to every Child who knows the pain she endured.

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Reviews

[Marie]

So sad, I wanted to cry as I read this. Thanks for sharing. It was an amazing write, Jillian.

[Phil Sanders]

The additions make it even more heart wrenching .....

[Phil Sanders]

Heart wrenching ..