{"id":97768,"date":"2021-06-26T21:40:11","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T01:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=97768"},"modified":"2021-06-26T21:40:11","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T01:40:11","slug":"hour-13-the-last-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/hour-13-the-last-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour 13 – The Last Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s time to go now, my child…<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

No! I can’t. I am too young, my kids are too small –<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

You’ve raised them well. <\/em><\/p>\n

They’ll survive<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I don’t want them to survive…I want them to live!<\/p>\n

I don’t want them to scrummage and<\/p>\n

scrimp, bags under their eyes, skin peeling off their feet – NO!<\/p>\n

They should study, and travel and laugh<\/p>\n

without abandon!<\/p>\n

How can I make that happen if I am not around?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

They’ll get to their destinations one day.<\/em><\/p>\n

I promise you, they’ll be okay.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

But I want to be there –<\/p>\n

for their graduations and weddings<\/p>\n

and heartbreaks and successes –<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

You can always watch them from above –\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

But I can’t make my son’s favourite dish from above<\/p>\n

or hug my daughter and pull her cheeks.<\/p>\n

Can’t you make an exception – they’ve been through so much<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

So have you,<\/em><\/p>\n

you have fought hard,<\/em><\/p>\n

you should be proud, <\/em><\/p>\n

you did everything a mother should.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It’s not fair, others get to hold<\/p>\n

their grandbabies and<\/p>\n

live long enough to befriend their daughters.<\/p>\n

Who’ll be there when they are lost?<\/p>\n

or scared or confused?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

They have each other, they’ll always do.<\/em><\/p>\n

Their lives will go on without you.<\/em><\/p>\n

They love you so much, you’ll stay within them<\/em><\/p>\n

and you’ll find each other, in the end.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

But –<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Let me take care of you, my child<\/em><\/p>\n

let me take you to the heavens above<\/em><\/p>\n

your heart is failing and lungs are tired<\/em><\/p>\n

I wish it wasn’t, but it’s time to leave<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Then leave me be till the very last second,<\/p>\n

let me soak in their faces<\/p>\n

let them soak mine.<\/p>\n

Let it be only me and them tonight<\/p>\n

please don’t linger by my side.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Alright my child, I’ll step aside<\/em><\/p>\n

but come morning, you must abide<\/em><\/p>\n

for the road is beautiful but it is long<\/em><\/p>\n

You needn’t worry,\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ll carry you in my arms<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s time to go now, my child…   No! I can’t. I am too young, my kids are too small –   You’ve raised them well. They’ll survive   I don’t want them to survive…I want them to live! I don’t want them to scrummage…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1442,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1442"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98097,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97768\/revisions\/98097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}