Reunited

Mother and son After forty years A new life They have begun They were apart For so many years It was impossible To count and keep track Of all the tears It all started When he was six years old There were no schools for his kind They were told They searched and searched And finally found A place that would accept him But it was far away In another town The sad day finally arrived His father was ill and could not drive His brother drove the car His mother and sister Traveled along with the small lad To the new place afar What they had to do Was not A pleasant thought to think Out of this cup They wished They did not have to drink They realized the time Was drawing near They would leave this precious child In the hands of strangers Which, he would no doubt fear This would not only be a school To train his fragile mind But would also be his home For an indefinite period of time They finally reached their destination They entered the new world With great anxiety And heart felt anticipation The thought occurred to them To turn and run But they realized They must finish What they had begun After the questions were answered After all the papers were signed It was time for them to go And leave the little one behind They turned to walk away With tears running down each ones face As the child screamed ‘mommy don’t leave me in this place!” Not a word was spoken On their way home Each was dealing with this On their own He stayed at that home Until he was eight Then he moved closer to his mom and dad Which was great At the age of ten His dad passed away That left his mom alone To make sure he was taken care of And that he would be okay He moved one more time To a state facility This would be the last The next will be A home in the community This would be his family Which he really never had To share his good times Along with the bad Words cannot express the guilt His mother must have felt Because her child she had not kept She did the best that she could do And no one – but no one Judges her wrong or untrue Everyone knew she loved him With all her heart And cursed the day they had to part He is older now and so is she It is now time for her To be placed in a state facility She feels it is payback time For sending him away Now…. In this awful place She will have to stay Her mind is sharp Her will is strong She will not give up Until he is gone She prays the day will come When they can be together And she can make up for the wrong She feels she has done I am that sister That made the long trip That dreadful day I now take care of these two precious people And found them a better place to stay The day is finally here Forty years later Mother and son Are again together She has survived death Many times in the past Living for this moment Reunited at last She wants to make up for all The time they were apart And become the mother She feels she never was And make a new start They are now living together In a place of their own With assistance from others They finally have a new home They are living each moment As if life has just begun Finally reunited after forty years Mother and son So much laughter and so many tears So much has happened in the last 10 years Just seems that time has flown by And now it is time for the Big…. Reunion in the sky Daddy went home to be with jesus Almost 47 years ago Then sonny then mama and then last Was betty jo No more suffering and no more pain Gordon will be with jesus And….see mama and daddy again With open arms and joyous hearts Betty and sonny will be there too To welcome gordon home With his mind and body ‘all new’ Gordon, you gave us much joy and happiness While you were hear on earth Now you can enjoy life abundant And receive your rewards For all you’re worth Let our hearts not be sad For you leaving us But be happy for you For you are now perfect And….best of all You are with jesus Let us live our lives the best we can And know We will someday see jesus too ….and gordon again In life we loved you In death we grieve We will see you again This, we truly believe Thank you gordon For all the lives you touched And God bless you…and reward you much By:charlene solitario Bd july 1997 Ad july 2008