It breaks
my heart
but I have no choice.
My first born
has become
a silent voice.
She left me in the dark
so many years
ago
when a family's love
is supposed
to grow.
There is a young woman now
with the same
blue eyes
who is curious
why
the truth denies
her right
to enquire
about the past.
Surely
this secret
cannot last.
Would she be devastated
by seeing
the light?
If I withhold
the key
does it even seem right?
They say time will tell
and that time
can heal
although a mystery
never
makes it real.
There is a stranger
forever
in our family tree
and because
of guilt and shame
I'm no longer free.
I brought her
into this world
with love to share.
Yet she brought on
the fate
of her own despair.
She left behind a child
with the same
blue eyes
of whom
I don't think is ready
for this surprise.
Of course,
my granddaughter,
God bless her,
will never know
that she lost
her birth mother
to death row.
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my heart
but I have no choice.
My first born
has become
a silent voice.
She left me in the dark
so many years
ago
when a family's love
is supposed
to grow.
There is a young woman now
with the same
blue eyes
who is curious
why
the truth denies
her right
to enquire
about the past.
Surely
this secret
cannot last.
Would she be devastated
by seeing
the light?
If I withhold
the key
does it even seem right?
They say time will tell
and that time
can heal
although a mystery
never
makes it real.
There is a stranger
forever
in our family tree
and because
of guilt and shame
I'm no longer free.
I brought her
into this world
with love to share.
Yet she brought on
the fate
of her own despair.
She left behind a child
with the same
blue eyes
of whom
I don't think is ready
for this surprise.
Of course,
my granddaughter,
God bless her,
will never know
that she lost
her birth mother
to death row.
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