You are a stranger to me, as I am to you.
Your silence torments me every day,
I hope there is something you want to say,
Even if it is, just, “stay away!”
In these absent years as you have grown,
To adulthood and a life of your own,
I have always been here thinking of you,
Wanting to know what I could do,
To bridge the gap that’s grown so wide,
To pull you back against the tide,
My life is adrift without you my dear,
My raft has been sinking year after year,
You do not know me! I am the same!
Only years older, and still in pain.