Abandoned Poem by Rebecca Dalmaso

From a boy to a man in a single day
Now you say that you don't want to stay
You colour your version of what happened back then
You abandoned me, now you are about to do it again

Brothers and sisters will be left with a hole
That can only be filled with the light of your soul
Your struggle will end, but not on this day
What makes you think god won't turn you away?

Failure is surrender, it leaves you weak
Death will not give you the salvation you seek
You can Stay and fight, anyone can run
Clean up your mess, your damage undone

I can give you so many reasons you need to be here
So many reasons not to loose to your fear
Why cant you see it's not just your life?
So much will be lost, a mother, my wife

You leave all your kin with an incomplete heart
The blame and the guilt sure to tear us apart
Maybe you will come back as somebody free
A stranger in the park that won't recognise me.