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The Price of Love

One day I birthed you into this land
We watched you grow as we held your hand
You sucked your fingers during those years
Then you brought your parents many tears

I cried because I didn’t understand
All these hardships were not in my plan
The choices you made were not just for you
They affected the family too

I vented with friends for oh so long
One day I began writing poems
Poems I wrote came straight from the heart
I wrote about you from the very start

Night after night you would stay away
Deep down in all I could do was pray
I would walk the floors night after night
I learned my son was no where in sight

What did I do to cause all this pain
Why was my heart feeling all this strain
Mom didn’t tell me of these sort of days
I guess this’s the price that love pays

September

We had a good thing going
Enjoyed our time in love
Never thought for a moment
I would ever have enough
Things were going so well
I thought I had it all 
But then came September
My world began to fall

The visit came that evening
The one I would always dread
A telegram from the division
Told me you were dead
No chance would come to tell you
How much I really loved 
Just a box with your remains
To bury in a yard

Deep down I’m just so angry
Why did you have to leave
Each night I prayed to God
To keep you safe for me
I guess I must have missed a night
For now it seems you have gone
One rainy night in September
The month we fell in love

I stand here at your grave now
Not understanding why
You had to go and leave
Before we said goodbye
So many things you will miss
Since you had to go away
One thing I want to tell you
Before I leave this day

A month before you left me
In September’s setting sun
Found out I was expecting
Together we have a son
I wanted to surprise you
When you came back home to me
Wish that I had told you 
The blessing he was to be

God’s peace in rest I hope you find
Until we meet again
For no one will ever
Take your place
Within my heart and live
I know one day we will meet again
In heaven by the shore
Just like we did so long ago
Before September came

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