Tears Of A Mother; Part Two

Eighteen years, you lived with me
Then College, came late last year
Six months now, you have been on your own
But Thank God, you were only down the road

May came, and you moved back HOME
Loving you near and far
You'll never know what joy it was
To have you back downstairs

In three weeks time, the world must have changed
Cuz in a text message, yes Dear God,
While I was at work
You told me, you were "moving" to Dad's

The first of June, you came and went
Packing up your clothes
Out my door that has always been HOME
You scarcely uttered a word

I asked you once, why are you doing this
The answer, loud and clear
"I don't want to live here any more"
And out the door you went

I'd come home to find a trace
That you had been "by" once more
The tears they flowed from deep inside
A mother completely at a loss

Again tonight, you walked right in
And down the stairs in flight

At the door, back up, you turned to me
And I saw the love we shared for years
In those beautiful eyes that I know best
Yet in an instant, they turned to frost

We talked for a moment and then I asked
So where you headed now
Your one word answer causes hell in me
Your answer was strong when you said, "home"

Every mother has challenges, I'm sure
But to know your child has found another HOME
In the man that you divorced
Cuts the deepest gaping hole in me
That will never find it's way closed

I have all those years of raising you
Forever in my heart
I pray that God will send you back to me
For I know not how to stop this flow of tears
With my broken, crushed and devastated heart

You are welcome back into my arms
OUR HOME, and life
Whenever you decide

You are one-fourth of my life my bluest eyes child
And I'll love you no matter how far you fly ~Mom~