Child, what have I done?

[Granny5]

Child, what have I done?
My heart is dying,
I’ve nothing left to give.
I carried you inside me
Eager and excited to meet you,
to look at your beautiful face
and see happiness in your
beautiful eyes.
I carried you with me
waiting for the day
You could stand alone,
tall and straight and strong.
Now, I look into your eyes
And see hopelessness
and watch as you labor
to breath in the air of this world.
I know what will come
tomorrow or, if not tomorrow,
the next day.
My heart is dying.
I’ve no more tears to shed.
You will find peace.
But I will ask everyday
Child, what have I done?

[motherhubbard]

what a sad poem mom, and a question we must all ask at times- that or the sister question what haven't I done. thanks for posting. I wish we could all work together to make a world where mothers no longer had to ask this question.

[Granny5]

Thanks Baby.

[Sweets America]

This is a very touching and sad poem. Relationships between mothers and children are very complex, sometimes communication becomes impossible, and matters stay unresolved...

[ampoule]

What a wonderful heart felt poem. It touches me deeply.

[littlewing53]

that just outright makes me wanna cry....what mothers have not felt this ourselves or seen and heard another mother in anguish over her children...what always brings me around...there is always tomorrow and there is always hope...amen..

[TheFifthElement]

It is a choice we all make when taking that step to conceive a new life, into a world which can be both wonderful and destructive. We all hope not to outlive our children, but this is not always the case. A very heartfelt poem Granny5, raw with emotion and words you normally wouldn't speak, except perhaps to yourself.

[Lote-Tree]

And see hopelessness
and watch as you labor
to breath in the air of this world.
I know what will come
tomorrow or, if not tomorrow,
the next day.


This is really good as in terribly. And sad...

[Granny5]

Thank you everyone for your kind words.

[CdnReader]

((( Granny )))