Family Poem by Lonnie Hicks

She came to me so sweetly,
life bubbling from within her
strong as an angel's beating wings;

more spirit than child
yet emerging as a person
into this life full blown
brimming with that
unconscious happiness
youth brings.

Understand:

every parent feels this way
about every child,

no matter what happens
in the in-between;

no matter the heart-ache
the Bond remains;

no matter how battered
the relationship,
trust the love
is there beneath
the frown;

no matter the arguments,
the confusion;
the mayhem;

that love is there for you.
It came with your birth
and never dies.

Even love badly expressed
feint and halting
and not enough-
even never expressed;
it is still love.

Disappointments come
from love not hate
only indifference is fatal;

And, you love them too.
Yes, you do.

They are planted in your soul's soil
forever;
indelibly.

They brought life to you.

Yours is the sacred Bond

Mother and Child
Father and Child
Family
alway present
in mind and heart
never gone.