Love Poem: Tough Love
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Written by: Christy Hardy

Tough Love

Today my son broke my heart,
those hateful words, touched every part.

His life in turmoil, for his actions done,
I guess he just had to blame someone.

A son with only a mother, is very hard,
trying to guide him, I failed from the start.

A man in a way, and a child in the other,
I only know how to be his mother.

Regret I feel for asking him to leave,
but now it's time to worry about me.

Out all night, he never calls,
I stay up late, climbing the walls.

Dreading to hear, a knock at the door,
way past midnight, i'm walking the floor.

Tough love is something, I didn't want to do,
but the time has come, and this I had to do.

Good luck my son, now you must go,
this does not mean, I don't love you. 

You are a man, so stand on your on,
make a good life, make you a home.