I've held it in
Not sure why
But I've not been able to cry
He left so quick
I didn't have much time
Suddenly, he wasn't mine
I wasn't ready
To let him go
So if I cried, it would be so
I still had things to do
His wash, his games, his toys
The messy room of a boy
But suddenly
As I sat to wait
For him to come home through the garden gate
It struck me that he was gone
That he had died
And I began to cry
And I saw the angels
They were flying by
With my child in the sky
Give him back
I shouted out
But they just flew about
I fell to the ground
I challenged the Lord
Then I begged and read His Word
How can I live
When my life has just gone
How can I go on?
And then I hated
I blamed them all
For my child shouldn't have heard the call
While I lay there
In such pain
I heard a voice who called my name
"I do not know sadness
And I do not know hate
Most of all, I do not question my fate
Stand up, Mother
And very tall
I wasn't taken, I heard the call!"
So I got up
I turned around
And there was no one to be found
And so it was time to cry
'Cause I heard his voice
And it was also time to rejoice
"I wasn't taken, I heard the call"
He said to me
And it set me free
I Lost My Nephew
His Words Set Me Free
Published by Family Friend Poems August 2008 with permission of the Author.
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