Did I take a wrong turn <br />Did I lose my way <br />Miss the things that matter <br />Did I fail you without my noticing <br />Not know what matters most <br />Or what is important in life <br />Did I lose you <br />In some crowded street <br />In a dense wood <br />In a sea of tranquillity <br />Fail to notice you missing <br />Or fail to seek you out <br /> <br />Did you get yourself lost <br />Not tell me where you were <br />Stay away too long <br />Did the time just pass you by <br />Fail to tell me how you were <br />Or forget until too late <br />Or was it something worse <br />Something too tragic to share <br />Some kind of illness <br />Was it despair that halted you <br />From telling me what’s wrong <br />So bad and so chilling <br /> <br />Or is it that you cannot say <br />Because of something far worse <br />Something that prevents you <br />From uttering a single word <br />That something being death <br />That came your way so quick <br />No it was nothing of the sort <br />You’re very much alive <br />But still I’m left grieving <br />And asking where I went wrong <br />How my son ended up that way <br />From innocent baby and boy <br />To the monster that you now are <br /> <br /> <br />An insight into a hypothetical scenario inspired by some real life cases <br />(November 2008)<br /><br />Gary Fellows<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-father-who-lost-his-son/
