I Miss My Child Within Poem by Francis Duggan

I miss my child within since from me he went away
He left me long before my hair turned to gray
And that is going back quite a few years in time
Perhaps before i even reached my life's prime
He did not like the man i had grown into be
Perhaps that is the reason he did forsake me
So lucky are they though they've grown old and gray
That their child within with them has chosen to stay
Though physically fragile life they do enjoy
As much as when they were a girl or a boy
Despite failing health happiness they do know
Whilst more cynical with age i only seem to grow
Since my child within left me life is not the same
But for that i only have myself to blame.