I Was Never The Same.

Birth.

A baby's wails,

Her first breath of existence.

Hope.

The planning starts,

For her future, their future.

Excitement.

Her first moments,

Captured on film, never forgotten.

Love.

She is fragile,

So soft, heart of cotton.

Worry.

Her first day,

Her first step into school.

Pride.

She comes home,

Her report card screaming A.

Sadness.

The rebellion starts,

Her words against her parent's.

Disappointment.

She stays out,

The house an empty shell.

Despair.

Now they wonder,

"Where did we go wrong?"

Desperation.

She had changed,

At least, in their eyes.

Surrender.

They gave up,

Their precious child, long gone.

Abandonment.

First to leave,

They left her, all alone.

Desperation.

On my part,

Trying to make them realise.

Really.

All those years,

I was never the same.