If they died tomorrow,
Would I regret?
Wish that I'd been less "absent",
More present?
Feel like I didn't take enough pictures,
Can you ever take enough?
Tell them everything I needed to,
Is that even possible?
Remember the last time I saw them breathe,
Should I even sleep at night?
Do everything I can to keep them alive,
Was I negligent?
If they died tomorrow,
Would I regret?
Ouch. This makes my heart hurt. (((YOU)))
ReplyDeletePerfect words. I don't have living children of my own, but have always been extremely close to my niece and now I have her baby brother welcomed only 6 months after my boy died. It's been extraordinarily hard for me to be around them at all and I feel horribly about it. I often have those same thoughts stream through my head when I do talk to them or think about all I am missing out on. Much love to you and Alexander~
ReplyDeleteI really like the words to this poem. it makes you think would you regret?
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