Regret

I'm so sorry I didn't experience your key moments of life with you

Witness the sheer delight and wonder as you welcome your first child into the world

Share with you the unbridled happiness of your wedding day

See the pride in your eyes when you graduated from high school

I wasn't able to help mend your first broken heart

I've missed all the skinned knees and kissing boo-boos

I didn't get to read your bedtime stories and serenade you to sleep

I'm sorry I never held you in person or named you

I never got to see your first picture or hear your heartbeat

Our paths crossed for eight brief weeks, then suddenly you were gone

I’m sorry I've lost you and the life we could have had together

But I will never forget you