Two In One
It's hard being a single parent
Raising children as the only parent
is one of the toughest things in life to do
It is hard enough nurturing a child
under your own gender inclination
But doubly so, trying to rear them
under the other gender too
Being two parents to a child
takes a tremendous amount of effort
It takes a lot patience and understanding too
You know in your heart they need the other parent,
but that's not the card fate dealt to you
You have to learn new things on the fly,
but at the same time you have to let them know
who you are,
what you are,
and in time let them know why
Two-in-one ain't always a bargain,
two-in-one can sometimes be a non-refundable regret
But two-in-one can be a soul changer:
raise 'em right, when they get grown,
they will always remember their debt to you
They will come to know of your sacrifice,
they will respect the cost, honor the price
And when they tell you:
Mother or father, thank you for all that you've done ---
You will have given them as much love or more,
than could have been received in any two-parent home
Copyright © Freddie Robinson Jr. | Year Posted 2016
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