There are many roles that you now play.
New challenges await you everyday.
Yet you are only one person,
Yes that's true
Even though you play the part of two.
FOR MY CHILDREN I WOULD DO ANYTHING,
AS I TRY TO BRING
THEM UP ON MY OWN.
I MUST SHAPE A YOUNG WOMAN OR MAN.
THE BEST WAY THAT I CAN,
ALL ALONE.
IN THIS SINGLE PARENT HOME.
Sacrafices, they must be made.
You do without so that the bills get paid.
Time goes by quickly,
As the children grow up fast.
I refuse to make them pay for my past.
So you put your life on hold.
You teach the kids and watch their lives unfold.
Te rewards will truly payoff,
Just you wait and see.
For soon you will have to set them free.
FOR MY CHILDREN I WOULD DO ANYTHING,
AS I TRY TO BRING
THEM UP ON MY OWN.
I MUST SHAPE A YOUNG WOMAN OR MAN.
THE BEST WAY THAT I CAN,
ALL ALONE.
IN THIS SINGLE PARENT HOME.
Another page it has been turned.
Through it all a lesson has been learned.
Real love is unselfish,
It requires sacrafice.
It comes back to you and that is worth the price.
FOR MY CHILDREN I WOULD DO ANYTHING,
AS I TRY TO BRING
THEM UP ON MY OWN.
I MUST SHAPE A YOUNG WOMAN OR MAN.
THE BEST WAY THAT I CAN.
ALL ALONE.
IN THIS SINGLE PARENT HOME.
THIS HOUSE WHERE LOVE IS KNOWN.
B.G. Wetherby
Enchanted Mountain Poems