I think
of your own
as the years have left me
here
all alone.
I never married.
He walked away
one day
and the thought
of our child
began to prey
on a mind that was heavy
with these thoughts
of you.
The years went by
and my illness
grew.
I disappeared
into the darkness
of an unforgiving claim
like a candle
unable
to rekindle its flame.
They care for me in this place
where I now
live
although once upon a time
I had a life
to give
and it's a moment
forever
I will never leave
when I gave you
the gift
but you could not breathe.
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