there are many things
we must forsake
for the sake of our children
the moment they are conceived
we must bid farewell to vice
the freedom of irresponsibility
we even give up
the luxury of suicide
my father taught me that
there is nothing that will drill a chasm
in the soul of a child
like your last act on earth
forever ringing
i didn’t love you enough to stay alive
thank you for that lesson
on behalf of my sons
dad
if not
i would be just another dead thing
floating in the ohio river
One reply on “for the sake of our children”
beautiful, i love it and i gelt it. i truly understood every word of that… my feelings have been of that nature 4 years now lol my oldest is 4 haha