Family - Our Son Poem by Paul Warren

Life has its twists and turns for us all
And you won't know what will be god's call
We were young and looking to a first born birth
And did all that was asked in our earthly girth

So a son was born and it all seemed alright
We took him home and did all that we thought was right
But it wasn't right and the doctor said to us
Go to the Children's Hospital with haste and no fuss

We went and sat in the doctor's rooms without word
Until the doctor finished the tests and we heard
It's cerebral palsy and I'm sorry to say there's no cure
How do you sit there and take it in not wanting it to be for sure

Go home and do the best you can there are people who can assist
Then you have to tell your parents, relatives and friends without a miss
You go to the appointments to keep and to work it through
And you are changed by it all - but what do you do?

There are questions that can't be answered by anyone
And the years go by each day as it will be done
The years at the Special Schools are behind us now
What will happen when we are gone worries us without the knowhow.

© Paul Warren Poetry