She came to me so sweetly, <br />life bubbling from within her <br />strong as an angel's beating wings; <br /> <br />more spirit than child <br />yet emerging as a person <br />into this life full blown <br />brimming with that <br />unconscious happiness <br />youth brings. <br /> <br />Understand: <br /> <br />every parent feels this way <br />about every child, <br /> <br />no matter what happens <br />in the in-between; <br /> <br />no matter the heart-ache <br />the Bond remains; <br /> <br />no matter how battered <br />the relationship, <br />trust the love <br />is there beneath <br />the frown; <br /> <br />no matter the arguments, <br />the confusion; <br />the mayhem; <br /> <br />that love is there for you. <br />It came with your birth <br />and never dies. <br /> <br />Even love badly expressed <br />feint and halting <br />and not enough- <br />even never expressed; <br />it is still love. <br /> <br />Disappointments come <br />from love not hate <br />only indifference is fatal; <br /> <br />And, you love them too. <br />Yes, you do. <br /> <br />They are planted in your soul's soil <br />forever; <br />indelibly. <br /> <br />They brought life to you. <br /> <br />Yours is the sacred Bond <br /> <br />Mother and Child <br />Father and Child <br />Family <br />alway present <br />in mind and heart <br />never gone.<br /><br />Lonnie Hicks<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/family-78/
