Having known him all these years, it would surely shock me when one day
He'd suddenly declare, " I'm in love with her."
He, whom I tended to, in times of sickness, he whom I taught with loving and tender care, he whom I nurtured and cherished so deeply in my heart..
How could my weak heart bear, when suddenly he'd say, "I love her more."
It's betrayal of the worst kind, my mind would suggest
But its not, would advise my kind heart
which one should I heed to? would ask this perplexed me.
"She's beautiful, so intelligent, well qualified, I'm sure its got to be her and no one else," he'd put his foot down.
Face drooping, jaw dropping, would say this surprised me
"Ah, now you don't need me, I was sure it'd be."
"Let go," my inner self argues, "how much longer could you hold him on...
One day, you must decide, that complete freedom is what he wants."
So, with due respect to my precious son, I'd pull off the umbilical cord, that tied him so many years to me
He'd be relieved, I'd be too, to see him totally free.
