Family Love, And Loss

Dreams always go so slow but are gone so fast.
A life longed and made, miracles that are gifted, then stolen away,
hopes created for years that can be vanished without a trace before you can blink.

They say you only miss loved ones when you miss home,
The roots, the trees that you've outgrown.

The connections of loved ones lost ... your happiness that has come at a cost,
Did they know just what they did?.. a life that was saved!
How could I show them when we 'had' to be paid?

They spent nights alone in wonder of when I would return,
passed from 'here to there' for a life that had to be earned.

We had love, we had laughter and we had US.
That alone we treasured, for THAT this world could never take from us.
Our family, the bond the 4 of us together ....

For united we were strong, a force to be reckoned with,
and no matter what the world threw at us,
together we knew that we "had this".

Two kids (us) full of problems, past demons still not tied,
and then what we did is create two new little lives;
Two little humans who stopped us in our tracks,
who made us grow up and start facing the facts  -
that no life is perfect, but happiness can be found.

So, a life with 4 we created, and a love so strong was found.
They grew up so quick and we grew right with them,
making mistakes and stumbling through each problem.

We were not perfect and would never claim to be,
but we loved hard and we tried.
and I hope that's what they've seen.

It breaks my heart to speak these words
when one child has left this earth yet one remains.
To fill my heart with sadness and dark,
would that just dim my first born's spark?

For he is it now our life will go on,
to bring happiness and future, and more family still not known.

But we know as we move forward, one step at a time,
that he is always with us,
and he will continue to shine.

Through moments of joy that we all share together,
during tears and upset, and when our hopes hang by a tether.

That togetherness created, pure love that needs no words,
That bond between the four of us,
with that, we will endure.

~ Danielle ~
19/12/2023