Love Lost, Love Found

I stood at the edge of hopelessness, Losing my son when my ex-wife left My spirit was at its lowest ebb, I confess. I could only imagine the loss of his smiles, I can honestly say, I was completely bereft Separated from him by hundreds of miles. My ex- knew nothing of parental cooperation, She was filled with meanness and revenge Adam was the real victim of the separation. Soon she was remarried, making a new life, But I longed for a relationship with my son Free from the vindictiveness of my ex-wife. Twenty-three years later, I met my son, He was no longer under his mother’s care His relationship with her was over and done. In her desire to shut me out of his life Promoting a rift that ultimately failed She became the victim of her own strife. Adam and I are close as we can possibly be And, we have recovered much of the past Nothing could ever separate him from me, For I have found in him a love that will last. Written March 19, 2022 [tercets with a closing quatrain]