Nobody's Fault

Mom and Dad, they took the blame Weekends away were not the same Afraid to leave because he might Do something awful when not in sight He started acting the week before Just like himself, depressed no more And so they left, a bit concerned The phone call came and then they learned Their son had planned to take his life Three times he tried - no kids, no wife This time he did it. He hung himself His lifeless body, the belt, the shelf The empty room where once he slept The bed is made, his things they kept The house was never quite the same A sadness lived around his name As years slipped by we hid the pain But Mommy died. She took the blame A cancer launched the main assault But it wasn't her fault It was nobody's fault. Copyright ©2001 Karen M Feist