THE CHILD
THE EYES OF A CHILD ARE WHAT I DREAM OF
THEIR PASSION FOR HUGS AND UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
IN HIS EYES, HE SEE'S ALL THAT IS GOOD
KNOWING WHAT I FEEL IS MIS-UNDERSTOOD
I LOVE THE CHILD WITH EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART
BELIEVING THAT THE LOVE WOULD KEEP US FROM BEING APART
THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED, AND THINGS I HAVE DONE
TORE APART THAT CHILD, EVIL HAD WON
HIS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE WAS JUST NOT ENOUGH
I LURKED AMONGST BAD, AND DONE EVIL STUFF
I LOST ALL I HAD AND HELD DEAR TO MY SOUL
I FELL THROUGH THAT DARK AND BURNING HOLE
I TRIED VERY HARD TO PULL MYSELF THROUGH
I FELT MY HEART TUG, WHAT WAS I TO DO?
I STRUGGLED AND HELD ON TO SOME FORM OF HOPE
WONDERING HOW ON EARTH I WAS GOING TO COPE!
I REMEMBERED THE LOVE AND THE TIMES WE HAD FUN
BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP ME, I TURNED AWAY FROM MY SON
I DID MANY THINGS TO PUT SHAME UPON MYSELF
BUT NOT TO HIM, I WAS HIS, AND BELONGED TO NO-ONE ELSE
I LET HIM DOWN AND TURNED MY BACK
BUT HIS LOVE WAS STRONG AND NEVER LACKED
HE WOULD ASK ME QUESTIONS AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND
HOW COULD MOMMY LEAVE HIM FOR SOMETHING SO BLAND?
HE HAS NO COMPREHENSION OF THE MIND THAT'S ON DRUGS
ALL HE WANTED WAS MOMMIES WARM AND GENTLE HUGS
AS I LET HIM DOWN AN HIS HEART BROKE EVEN MORE
IT WAS MYSELF THAT I BEGAN TO DEPLORE
I USED THAT AS AN EXCUSE TO GET DEEPER INVOLVED
I FELT LIKE DRUGS WAS MY ONLY RESOLVE
I COULD HAVE FOUGHT HARDER FOR THE LOVE OF MY SON
BUT I LOST THE BATTLE FOR EVIL HAD WON
I FIGHT BACK BITTER TEARS FOR ALL I HAVE LOST
AND WHAT HAPPENED TO MY SON, AND WHAT DRUGS HAD COST
BUT AS TIME WENT ON AND MY POWER GOT STRONG
I SLOWELY CREPT BACK TO THE ARMS WHERE I BELONGED
WITH TIME UNDER MY BELT AND MORE THAN A YEAR NOW CLEAN
MY SON AND I CAN ONCE AGAIN DREAM
I HAVE STILL GOT A LONG ROAD TO GO
BUT TOGETHER MY SON AND I WILL GROW
I'M AGAIN BUILDING THE BRIDGES THAT WERE ALL TORE DOWN
AGAIN MY SON SMILES AND DOESN'T FROWN
SO THIS IS TO THE ONE'S THAT MATTER MOST IN MY HEART
I'M BEGINNING AGAIN, GOD GAVE ME A BRIGHT NEW START
AS HE RUNS UP TO MOMMY WITH THOSE OUTSTRECHED ARMS
I WONDER WHY I HAD TO PUT HIM THROUGH SO MUCH HARM
HE HAS GIVEN ME THE FAITH TO REMEMBER THE PAST
AND THE HOPE AND SERENTITY TO MAKE EVERY DAY LAST

LISA K PARKER
02/19/2003
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When I was on drugs it was my children I hurt the most. I wish and pray that I could take back all the bad things I had done.
Sometimes I wonder can I ever make things right again. I doubt that but I hope that I can rectify them in some way. As of now only time will tell.
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