When it hurts enough to cry, <br />Like when your parents give you up, and you don't know why. <br />Parents just like my own, <br />Didn't want anything to do with me, till I was grown. <br />Why do some parents give up their kids, <br />Do they ever regret later that they did? <br />My parents weren't there through the teen years, <br />Or seeing me graduate which brought me tears. <br />I hardly heard I love you son, <br />When growing up, I can't remember having any fun. <br />Something my dad said has always stuck in my head, <br />When I was five he said he wished I was dead. <br />Doesn't he know my heart was torn? <br />I never did ask to be born. <br />Parents are suppose to love their kids, <br />And it will show later what a good job they did. <br />They say you can't choose your mom or dad, <br />Cause if I could I wouldn't be so sad. <br />But I always remember what Jesus said, <br />''Always love your mom and dad.''<br /><br />Roger Dodd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-it-hurts-enough-to-cry/
