“Abortion”

Ask Romeo, or Juliet!

We fell in love, that summer day.

No loss of time, no regret.

Blossoms thriving, without delay.



In arms so sweet, love so pure

First caress, eyes locked in place

Lips embraced, softly demure

Virtuous play, innocent disgrace



The sun did set, seasons changed

Vacation played its role,

Parents becoming more deranged

Our choices taking toll.



Swelling, a seed had been sewn

The beach, a willing witness

But not for you or I to own

Our youth displayed unfitness



Upon return, a room of shame

Testing found out true

Mom and Dad screamed out in blame

That moment needing you



But you had moved, a state across

Arizona your new home

I would have run to your loss

So no more I would roam



But the muses having way with me

Cutting strings abounded

Setting our son’s spirit free

Pre-birth screams, confounded



Quiet imploring, L.A. he’d fade,

Before five months of soaring

A drum in back, where he laid

The whole time a serpent roaring



Abhorrent from time conceived

I tried to tell you our sorrow

Fates had played and deceived

For us, there was no tomorrow



During that time, despair and in a hell

Not properly setting stage

But to my mom, they would not tell

Distorted righteous wrapped in sage



Drifting off, a body below

Seeing the procedure they’d done

Convincing all, scars will not show

“Doesn’t matter if she had fun’”



Because how late, to tell, we were

And what I had tried to hide

A second trimester abortion occurred

A papal school to later reside



Can I ever find a way to forgive?

I had killed our child.

My soul, not deserving to live,

Already feeling exiled.



The look upon their faces that day

Their bathroom, the news transpired

Two lines in pink, on display

To them, we had conspired



“What did you do!?” Words lashed out

The elders were appalled-

“I fell in love, without a doubt

I need to be absolved!”



But after all was said and done,

No matter what I ‘d say

We were children having fun

Now causing them dismay



You came back upon the news

To Cali with your brother,

A situation to diffuse

With parents and your lover



I stood upon the balcony

My father looming below

Staring down in gloom I’d see

The actions, we did sew



Into the office for an hour

I waited to see your face

But never more was I allowed

Because of our disgrace



Many years down that road

I chose to take my mind

For you, I searched, to unload

But common paths untwined



The heart still aches for our loss

Never held in love on earth

But through it all, now across

He was our spiritual birth.