Poem2024-07-25T09:32:52+00:00

How could you?

By: Sharon Darlene Barker

How could you...?
take your vows knowingly bringing in an illness,
that he was unaware of until your wedding night...
but, yet, he accepts, because of his love...

How could you...?
put others ahead of him... when all he wanted was love,
understanding and someone to share his dream... share his life...
yet, you let others tell you what to do...
but, that is no excuse... you have a mind of your own...
old enough to know what is right and what is wrong...

and you chose wrong...

How could you...?
share yourself with others... when you had a man
that could give you all the love
and fufill needs that you had...
whose touch is tender...

oh, but, yes... you wanted a man with soft hands
not a soft heart... again

how wrong you were...

Out of all of this... you gave him the only thing
that means more to him then life itself...
you gave him a Son...
and now, you are trying to take his Son away from him, too...

what kind of woman are you...?
what kind of mother are you...?

How could you deprive your Son... his Son...
of having the love of his Father...
knowing his Father... I have 'heard' him with his Son...
yes, heard... since, you have arranged that no others can be around him...
you can hear love in his voice...
the excitement of each discovery they find...
the love in both of them...

your heart must be cold...
it must be a sad life you lead,
if the only enjoyment you desire,
is the pain you can inflict
on two so undeserving...

yes, two...
you are not only hurting the man...
you are also hurting the child...
your child...

and you call yourself a mother...!

Why would you keep the very personal belongings?
the Fathers memories of parents... other times in his life...
times before you... things given that can never be replaced...
things that he got himself... things that mean so much to him...
memories... I don't understand...

how you can be so callous...?

How could you be so selfish...?
does material things mean that much to you...
you may think you have won this far...
but, time has a way of finding what is right...
you have not broken him...
if you really knew him... you would know that...
it's a pity, that you never took the chance or time to know the man,
that was willing to give you his love... his all...

and by the way...

How could you...?
think, that you can keep another from loving him...
not everyone is as blind as you...
not anyone is as blind as you...

not everyone lets their families control their lives...
not everyone uses that as an excuse...

items of value mean nothing, when you have a man in your life,
such as the man you pushed away...
and fatherly love is necessary to everyone growing up...
---you had more wealth than you will ever know---

but... like they say...
your loss... my gain...

How could you...?
I couldn't... I love him...