Mixed Blessings
Happy and sad
There are times in your life
When you don’t know whether
To be happy or sad,
Bittersweet tears
Belly laughter
Sorrowful or glad.
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I can think of a few
Listed here below
A child’s first day,
At school
Overnight stay
A weekend away.
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High school graduation
Moving out of home
Flying overseas alone,
Getting engaged
A wedding day
All meaning he’s grown.
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You are extremely happy
Of the young man
He’s become,
While feeling heartache
Over the little boy
Lost as the outcome.
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If you’ve done your
Job well as a parent
The transition,
Will be seamless
While your heart
Feels opposition.
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Happy he’s grown
With all he needs,
Sad your jobs done
But you did succeed.
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Colleen Millsteed
My first love is poetry — it’s like a desperate need to write, to free up space in my mind, to escape the constant noise in my head. Most of the time the poems write themselves — I’m just the conduit holding the metaphorical pen.
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That is wonderfully heartwarming.