Matthew Brackley Poet Ballad

I Took Them Back Today

I took them back today
Such beautiful children
That , are a mixture of their parents’ way
A day
A night
Then I had to give them back

Such a wounding way
It plays upon my heart
That their mother cannot know
Of such things I felt
In my sorrow

The great divide
That cannot be seen
Such a wounding way
Such beautiful children
That I do not have by my side

I took them back today
That sense of loss
That I cannot be a part
Of a family home
That I left
That I tore apart

Another statistic
It always happened
To another family
Not me

I took them back today
Such sorrow
To see them go
For I had today
And not tomorrow

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