Corinne's River Of Words: What Do You Say?

What Do You Say?

What do you say to the one who decides to let him go?

The one who will let someone else be the first to hold him near

Who loved him enough to let him live and not take the easy way out

And let him become the start of who God intended him to be

Who will wonder about his baby smell and how he looks and feels

And who yearns for the music of his first soft coos

What do you say to the one who decides to let him go?

The one who will miss his first baby smile and the laughs of his years

Who will look at babies everywhere and wonder if…

And hear imagined cries in the midnight dark and quiet

Yearning to feel his body, comfort him, and hold him close

While kissing away the little tears he cries

What do you say to the one who decides to let him go?

And always wonders what he needs

Who can only comfort him in her prayers-

Solitary prayers, but still so strongly prayed

For when he needs a boost to build him up

Or for when he is sad or lonely or afraid

And she can only guess how she should pray

What do you say to the one who decides to let him go?

Who will not know when or what he achieves

Trusting others to show him important things

The love of his Abba Daddy and how to stay on the right path

Instructing, teaching, modeling, and training as he grows

Seeing him become an awesome man of God

What do you say to the one who decides to let him go?

You say “your unselfishness will resound forever in heaven and on earth.”

That you have become God’s partner in creation’s theme

By letting him go to follow God’s plan for His time

You have given your child life not once but twice

Enabling two who could not become three

You are a wonder - a hero as is not often seen

God will remember your sacrifice, reward your life

And keep you and him near His throne forever

That is what you say to the one who decides to let him go!

(C) Corinne Mustafa

Corinne's River Of Words