My Love - My Pain

I weep for my son, for the road that he's on

I weep for my child who is long ago gone

The choices he made he has made on his own

The choices he's made he must carry alone

A familiar stranger is all that I see

He looks like the person my boy use to be

Protecting your child from most things is a test

The tactics I've used were not always the best

But when it's my children's well being that's at stake

A mother will do just whatever it takes

Whatever the price is when push comes to shove

Without hesitation I've paid it with love

There's been many battles and many mistakes

The weary heart struggles and very near breaks

Just clinging to hope, with a prayer and a plea

That one day my son will return well to me.