{"sf1_id":685550,"sf2_id":"Vm20AvW1","title":"To My Absent Son","author":"MurphySlaugh","words":212,"posted_at":"2014-03-28T05:19:00.000Z","tags":["Love","Pain","Sorrow","hope","loss","tears"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/685550-to-my-absent-son","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/Vm20AvW1","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/fb/b0/fbb05f0b-2394-471b-9552-46f60918f468","description":"A poem/song regarding my son who I may never see again, telling him what I wish I could.","content":"To My Absent Son  \nBy Carl Blessing/Murphy Slaugh  \n  \nMy Absent Son, it's been many months  \nSince I last saw your face.  \nYet in my mind, I still see and still hear you,  \nYour memory I will not erase.  \n  \nI think of my actions to try and help,  \nThough I may not see you again.  \nDid they give you the peace you deserve?  \nOr did I cause you more pain?  \n  \nI still long to hug you once more,  \nAnd hear again your voice.  \nKnow that my leaving you I had to do...  \nI really had no choice.  \n  \nFor the present, though you will never see  \nMy apology so sincere and true.  \nPlease know that deep in my heart and my mind,  \nI never meant to hurt you.  \n  \nThe thought of what happened still makes me cry.  \nThe pain's almost too much to bear.  \nI want to curse something or someone,  \nFor conditions that just were not fair.  \n  \nBut the only one I can blame is myself.  \nFor actions that were my own.  \nI would have done something different that night,  \nIf only the future I'd known.  \n  \nGood bye for now, My Absent Son.  \nI pray that one day we'll meet.  \nThat wish will remain in my heart,  \nAnd nothing on Earth will defeat.  \n  \n  \n\n"}