Daughter
Once I had a daughter
so beautiful
so fair
eyes that danced like firelight,
long beautiful chestnut hair
I miss her in the quiet, I miss her in the car
I miss her chattering questions, her hugs, her scent, her star.
Cheated badly out of mother daughter now I step away
as she gives her life to addiction
the only one she loves.
Many years had to pass before I could tell her no:
thousands spent on hospitals, halfway houses, hospitals, doctors, rehab
foolish thousands that she winked out of me
A hard lesson to learn, when to give up and let go
And I let her go.
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