A Parent's Heartbreak

My hands

are tied,

my heart

is breaking

*

as you lie in

the

ICU.

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I have

not known

what to do

since you

became

*

an adult

and moved.

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All your

decisions

and

actions

*

now are poor and

damaging to your

future life.

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The phone call

I’ve always

dreaded

*

receiving,

getting at 1 AM,

breaking my

heart.

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Knowing

nothing

I can do for

you is the

*

worst

feeling

in the world.

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All I can do

now is pray

to the

Almighty

*

that you

recover

completely.