# To My Absent Son

Author: MurphySlaugh
Tags: Love, Pain, Sorrow, hope, loss, tears

A poem/song regarding my son who I may never see again, telling him what I wish I could.

To My Absent Son  
By Carl Blessing/Murphy Slaugh  
  
My Absent Son, it's been many months  
Since I last saw your face.  
Yet in my mind, I still see and still hear you,  
Your memory I will not erase.  
  
I think of my actions to try and help,  
Though I may not see you again.  
Did they give you the peace you deserve?  
Or did I cause you more pain?  
  
I still long to hug you once more,  
And hear again your voice.  
Know that my leaving you I had to do...  
I really had no choice.  
  
For the present, though you will never see  
My apology so sincere and true.  
Please know that deep in my heart and my mind,  
I never meant to hurt you.  
  
The thought of what happened still makes me cry.  
The pain's almost too much to bear.  
I want to curse something or someone,  
For conditions that just were not fair.  
  
But the only one I can blame is myself.  
For actions that were my own.  
I would have done something different that night,  
If only the future I'd known.  
  
Good bye for now, My Absent Son.  
I pray that one day we'll meet.  
That wish will remain in my heart,  
And nothing on Earth will defeat.

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