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<blockquote data-quote="AJ's Mom" data-source="post: 699004" data-attributes="member: 20755"><p>I came across this poem the other day and it really hit home so I just wanted to share<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/felttip/halfsmile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":halfsmile:" title="halfsmile :halfsmile:" data-shortname=":halfsmile:" /></p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>Tough Love</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">It is not without regret</p> <p style="text-align: center">I did not help you.</p> <p style="text-align: center">Sleepless nights,</p> <p style="text-align: center">overcome with worry</p> <p style="text-align: center">burdened with the knowledge</p> <p style="text-align: center">that you walk the streets alone.</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">"This time, will be different," you said,</p> <p style="text-align: center">just like you've said so many times</p> <p style="text-align: center">before. How I want to believe,</p> <p style="text-align: center">to open my arms and my heart,</p> <p style="text-align: center">for despite all you've done,</p> <p style="text-align: center">when I look into your eyes</p> <p style="text-align: center">all I see is the laughing</p> <p style="text-align: center">little boy, you used to be.</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">I'm sure you think me cold,</p> <p style="text-align: center">uncaring, unfeeling, but</p> <p style="text-align: center">that is the mask I wear</p> <p style="text-align: center">in your presence, which</p> <p style="text-align: center">threatens to crumble </p> <p style="text-align: center">every time I see your face.</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">As you walk away,</p> <p style="text-align: center">I have to close my eyes,</p> <p style="text-align: center">fight every maternal instinct,</p> <p style="text-align: center">to make everything alright.</p> <p style="text-align: center">But I cannot, for I have </p> <p style="text-align: center">learned the hard way,</p> <p style="text-align: center">I can't help someone</p> <p style="text-align: center">who will not help himself.</p><p style="text-align: right"> </p> <p style="text-align: right"></p> <p style="text-align: right"> <strong> - K.E. Edwards</strong> <em>Copyright 2016</em></p> </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AJ's Mom, post: 699004, member: 20755"] I came across this poem the other day and it really hit home so I just wanted to share:halfsmile: [CENTER][B]Tough Love[/B] It is not without regret I did not help you. Sleepless nights, overcome with worry burdened with the knowledge that you walk the streets alone. "This time, will be different," you said, just like you've said so many times before. How I want to believe, to open my arms and my heart, for despite all you've done, when I look into your eyes all I see is the laughing little boy, you used to be. I'm sure you think me cold, uncaring, unfeeling, but that is the mask I wear in your presence, which threatens to crumble every time I see your face. As you walk away, I have to close my eyes, fight every maternal instinct, to make everything alright. But I cannot, for I have learned the hard way, I can't help someone who will not help himself. [RIGHT] [B] - K.E. Edwards[/B] [I]Copyright 2016[/I][/RIGHT][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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