Love Poem: For a Short Time
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Written by: Louise Robello

For a Short Time

For a short time I fed you breakfast,
                                      changed your diapers
                                      and taught you how to walk.

                                      For a short time we learned to talk,
                                       rode bikes and played baseball.

                                      For a short time your eyes could 
                                      hide no secrets, your desires were
                                      spoken your goals were clear.

                                      For a short time we were a family,
                                      you had a brother a step dad and 
                                      a mother.

                                      For a short time you were well 
                                      loved among your family and 
                                      friends as well as school mates.

                                      For a short time we forgot how 
                                      to pray.

                                      For a long time you were taken from
                                      me, because of my mistakes and 
                                      bad choices.

                                      For a long time let's pray
                                      we'll be back together,
                                      I want to be your mother.  
                                      I want to feel alive again.