He's Gone
Our little boy is gone,
Buried deep within the tall, dark stranger
Who rushes in and out of our house,
Preoccupied with the sudden, bewildering responsibilities
Of impending manhood.
Buried deep within the tall, dark stranger
Who rushes in and out of our house,
Preoccupied with the sudden, bewildering responsibilities
Of impending manhood.
Although we miss the innocent child,
To grieve for him, to want him back,
Would be like one who stood gazing
Into the lofty boughs of a magnificent oak,
And wept for the acorn from which it grew.
Published by Pat Burroughs
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13 Comments
Post a CommentBeautiful, Pat. Really beautiful. Sad and touching, and the way things should be.
Thanks, Jim. You're the best dad I ever knew, with the possible exception of your own. No one could try harder or do better than you've done so far, and I don't expect to see you change for a while. Love you so much!
Very well put! Kudos!
There can be no acorn without the support and feeding from the tree. As an outdoor enthusiast I've noticed that many years there are no acorns and others, the acorns are only few and small. These acorns lack the nurturing and care required to produce healthy strong viral acorns which in-turn produces healthy strong mature trees. As one who will all too soon witness this natural scenario of life with his own children, I can only respect, admire, and love the parents that made it possible for me to develop into adulthood and marvel at their abilities as parents and as husband and wife. I often feel that I will only be a mere scrub oak as a husband and father as compared to the parents responsible for me. I wonder if I will ever be able to reach the accomplishments of adulthood that my parents have, all of which have nothing to do with materialism. I can only hope that the acorn doesn't fall far from the tree!
Love Ya both, your son.
Beautiful and so touching, I love it.
Thanks, Charlie. Mommy2lots, just you wait. You'll love being a grandmother. It's all the fun without all the responsibility.
Excellent! I don't know what I'll do with myself when my kids are grown. I HAVE to mother. It's my nature. I guess I'll "grand"mother when the time comes. LOL :-)
I like it.
Oh, I meant to also say thanks to marindavid and April.
Thanks, Jane. I wrote this one when our son was in either high school or the first two years of college.
He's one that we couldn't help worrying about, not because he was a problem, but because he was so accident prone and so busy. At 15, when he was legal to ride a small motorcycle, he would be on it and gone at 4:30 a.m. almost every day to go to the mountains to hunt wild turkeys or to go fishing. He's 41 now and has made us proud. He's a regional supervisor with the Oklahoma State Wildlife Dept., which is apparently what he was cut out to be. And he's a wonderful Christian,husband and dad. Please keep me posted on the grandson's travels.
I will pray for your grandson's safety.