Thoughts On Being A Parent Poem by Paul Warren

I don't want to think about it
The strain of being a parent
Of a handicapped son
I worry each day that he is alright
And that he will be happy in his life

What's going to happen to him
When I can't look after him anymore
But they say he will be OK
Can I trust what they say
For once a workmate said to me
You get too much given for him
He was jealous and didn't understand
What it all meant to me

I worry the world is not kindenough
And it keeps me awake through the tears.

© Paul Warren Poetry