My precious Baby
My wonderful child
My headstrong teenager
Gone radically wild.
My breathtaking grownup
My source of delight
My hope that tomorrow
Makes everything right.
The decades have trebled
My efforts have failed
My key cannot open
The place where I’m jailed.
She’s made me a stranger
To the life she’s created
She claims that she loves me
But I sorely debate it.
She married in secret
I’ve not met her groom
I don’t think we’ll ever
Be in the same room
She says I am toxic
All know I am not
Her shrink is the villain
And ought to be shot.
I live on the outside
And only look in
On the life I created-
A game I won’t win.
I’ll swallow my heartbreak
As I’ve always done.
Still reach for redemption
And settle for none.
ljm
Feb 18, 2023
Feb 18, 2023 at 10:27 AM UTC
My precious Baby
My wonderful child
My headstrong teenager
Gone radically wild.
My breathtaking grownup
My source of delight
My hope that tomorrow
Makes everything right.
The decades have trebled
My efforts have failed
My key cannot open
The place where I’m jailed.
She’s made me a stranger
To the life she’s created
She claims that she loves me
But I sorely debate it.
She married in secret
I’ve not met her groom
I don’t think we’ll ever
Be in the same room
She says I am toxic
All know I am not
Her shrink is the villain
And ought to be shot.
I live on the outside
And only look in
On the life I created-
A game I won’t win.
I’ll swallow my heartbreak
As I’ve always done.
Still reach for redemption
And settle for none.
ljm
Her January visit didn't happen. I was here and she stayed there. And so it goes. (Yes, I do rhyme sometimes)