The Rose of Sharon
Losing a loved one
For me has been a way of life
Never easy to accept
My birthright severed with a knife
I know it’s not meant
To feel that way
But just when I needed them most
Somehow, they got taken away
My birthparents
From whom I was born
So very long ago
From each other we were torn
The love of my life
At fourteen a plane took her away
Now at sixty-seven
Still, my for love her grows today
My first dog of Shelby
The prettiest of Samoyeds
How I treasure her memory
Each and every joy
My adoptive parents
The I love you’s not said enough
The haunting regrets in my mirror
A warmth in my heart so soft
Between Heaven and Earth
I share a beautiful loving flower
Nothing I wouldn’t do for them all
Were it within my power
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