One Of My Own... (Part 1) Poem by Monte Harris

IN 1991- MY FIRST SON WAS BORN
TENDER AND FRAGILE - SKIN SO WARM
YET SO YOUNG - TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND
HIS LIFE WAS TAKEN - NEVER TO BE A MAN
SO YOUNG AND HANDSOME - AN IMAGE OF ME
TAKEN WITHOUT WARNING - STOLEN FROM ME
SOMETHING THAT I - CAN NEVER FORGET
HIS LIFE TRANSFORMED - FROM A LIFE TO A SPIRIT
HIS YOUNG LIFE WAS TAKEN - WHILE HE WAS ASLEEP
MY SOUL WAS TORN APART - MY HEART STILL WEEP
THE ORDEAL JUST HAPPEN - NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN
THE THOUGHT OF MY SON - NEARLY DROVE ME INSANE
HELD IN MY ARMS - WITHOUT LIFE AND SOUL
HIS SKIN SO PALE AND BODY SO COLD
AS I ENTERED HIS ROOM - HIS CRIB SO NEAT
DESTINED TO PICK IT UP AND THROW IT IN THE STREET
I WAS SAD AND UPSET - MY LIFE I COULD TAKE
TO BE BY HIS SIDE - TO SEE THE SMILE ON HIS FACE
WHAT HAVE I DONE - TO DESERVE THIS WRONG
I WOULD GIVE THE WORLD - TO BRING HIM BACK HOME
THE QUESTION YOU ASK - IS THE ANSWER I SEEK
DO I STILL BELIEVE IN HEAVEN?
LOOK WHAT THEY TOOK FROM ME...

AN EMPTY SPACE IN MY LIFE
ALTHOUGH NOTHING HAS CHANGED
THE DAY OF HIS BIRTH - I REALLY FEEL THE PAIN
YOU CAN NEVER UNDERSTAND - BUT MY FEELING ARE KNOWN
SOMETHING PRECIOUS WAS TAKING - ONE OF MY OWN
I WOULD GIVE MY LIFE - TO RESTORE HIS OWN
DADDY MISS YOU SO MUCH - I WISH YOU WERE HOME...