Forgive Me My Son Poem by Mary Champion

FROM THE GODDESS

Forgive me my Son!
I can't say, ‘If I only had known! '
For I knew all too well how it felt
And I knew the odds were you'd be dealt
A hand just as lousy as mine.
But forgive me my Son. Just this time.

It's the sins of the mother I guess
That have landed you all in this mess.
I was selfish to do what I did.
I'd no right to pass on to a kid
That deformity deep in my heart,
Which has kept me a creature apart.

Please forgive me my son. I was weak
And for that your whole future seems bleak.
Could I wash away hurt with my tears,
I'd relieve you of these tortured years.
I would willingly relive the hell
Adolescence once taught me so well.
And I do it ten times if I could,
If it only made your life feel good.

But no way can I change what you feel.
Only time has the power to heal.
So forgive me my Son, as you fall
I'd no right to have borne you at all.
Please forgive me, my love, if you can,
For your pain is not part of my plan.