A childless man children I've never had <br />And though young boy or girl has never called me dad <br />I'm not alone, I'm not the only one <br />Who has never fathered a daughter or a son. <br /> <br />A fertility test I have never undergone <br />But without my genes human life will carry on <br />More births than deaths it's always been that way <br />And the human population on the increase every day. <br /> <br />I'm childless man to say so I'm not shy <br />That I have never fathered girl or boy <br />And still the race of humans multiply <br />And I don't have regrets and why should I? <br /> <br />I'm childless man but I know I'm not rare <br />As there are childless men and women everywhere <br />No child to hug me call me dad and say <br />'The teacher said that I was good today'. <br /> <br />I'm childless man no children to enjoy <br />And without the gift of Parenthood I'll die <br />And though no child will say I love you dad to me <br />Why should I regret what was not meant to be.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-childless-man/
