For a Short Time

For a short time I fed you breakfast, changed your diapers and taught you how to walk. For a short time we learned to talk, rode bikes and played baseball. For a short time your eyes could hide no secrets, your desires were spoken your goals were clear. For a short time we were a family, you had a brother a step dad and a mother. For a short time you were well loved among your family and friends as well as school mates. For a short time we forgot how to pray. For a long time you were taken from me, because of my mistakes and bad choices. For a long time let's pray we'll be back together, I want to be your mother. I want to feel alive again.