raisingtheson

Raising the Son

By Kathryn Taylor

We gave him a family-

He gave us his grief

We gave him our hearts-

He stole like a thief

We sacrificed and loved-

He hated and destroyed

We cried and sought help

For our troubled, young boy-

We begged him to stop,

He begged to go home,

We told him there was none,

He tantrummed full blown-

Doctors and medicines,

Therapists and shrinks-

No one can get in

Or change how he thinks-

Minutes turn to hours,

And days into years,

Adolescence is upon us

Bringing life to our fears-

Soon we will lose him

After all we have tried,

After all we have suffered,

And tears that we've cried-

But nothing is working

And he is near grown

We've watered and watered

The seeds that we've sown-

It's now up to God

To work on his soul-

May he one day surrender

So he can be whole-

Copying without permission for non-personal use is forbidden.

Prov 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Prov 3:5-6

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

KJV