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Please god, let me keep her
by Shannon McEwenWhile fact exists, from my womb
She got life
She also gave me life
Her breath the air in my lungs
The beat of her heart
Moves the blood in my veins
Where she taught me love
Truth and clarity
With naught but her trust
And utter belief
In me.
02/22/2010 Author's Note: for my daughter meghan, ll years old.
Posted on 02/23/2010
Copyright © 2026 Shannon McEwen
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by George Hoerner on 02/23/10 at 01:05 PM It does at times make one wonder who is the teacher and who the taught, doesn't it? Maybe it is just our reflection we see somehow moving in a slightly different direction. Nice write. |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 02/23/10 at 04:08 PM Cuts to the utter core of parenthood and that sacred symbiosis. Lovely. |
| Posted by Joan Serratelli on 02/23/10 at 04:44 PM ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL! Wonderful, please print this out for your daughter. I've read it twice and it brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for this write! |
| Posted by Charlie Morgan on 02/23/10 at 11:45 PM ...shannon, exactly what joan said...man, this is sooooooo just-right-there. i love your words of loving and the loving-back...this is my face of loving envy... |
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