Carbon Copy Poem by Scott Salmon

I didn't think I'd make it,
I thought that I was through,
Every single breath I took,
I thought of losing you,

I didn't know what happened,
Taken by surprise,
I felt as if I was replaced,
I read it in your eyes.

My love was too aggressive,
The only way I knew,
I grabbed at what I thought was mine,
That's what I did to you.

My life I never had one,
A woman for a friend,
A females job was simply for,
To cook, to rear, and mend.

I spent so much of living,
Forcing to comply,
Surprised I did not realize,
It made all have to lie.

I look back and It's clear now,
We learn by what we trust,
A father ways are seeds that grow,
Are more than choice a must.

If all can be forgiving,
To change is hard to do,
Cherish deep your lover,
And she will cherish you