I Am Still Your Child

Photography by Emily Bush

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I am still your child

I cry when I realize I can’t call you

can’t ask you for advice

or make you proud

 

I am still your child

but now I am the only one

who remembers the smiling faces

in those black and white photos

 

I am still your child

your spark of consciousness

in this physical world

 

I am still your child

but you left me with this emptiness

and it grows with each passing year

 

Because

I am still your child

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

Missing both my parents today just a little more than usual.

Reviews

[barleygirl]

I had to read this becuz the title beckons hauntingly. You've expressed these oft-felt sentiments creatively with the sorrowful refrain that's oh-so-true in more ways than the parent-child sense. This refrain is fitting, even when one or both parents haven't lived up to their intended potential.

[Lydia Shutter]

Thank you, Barley. Lydi**

[B. Boileau]

Lydi this is a touching tribute to a child's memories. In yesteryear we take our parents for granted, with age we still expect they will always be there. And if you believe. .. they are.
bill

[Lydia Shutter]

In some ways, yes, they are always with me. Thank you, Bill. Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and this makes me miss both of mine, for different reasons...
i identify...and really feel this magical poetry ride you take me on.

j.

[Lydia Shutter]

Thank you so much, Jacob. Lydi**