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POETRY

You don't know how it Feels..............
by Susan Hobbs

Most parents don't know how it feels... and I hope you never do

to have a child that is special

and to have all your dreams taken from you.

I had the same dreams, of ball games, driving, and first dates

but plans now have to change

at a very fast rate.

Our lives now different, doctors, therapy, special schools, and tests

it is hard and scary

but I love my child so I do my best.

When I go out in public with him just to have some fun

all the stares and comments

sometimes I just want to run.

For some of us we just can not bare

all the tantrums and aggression

then some people think that we just don't care.

The hardest decision in the world is the next one I had to make

to place him in a home

please keep your opinion of my choice to yourself for goodness sake.

I take him to the home that I have chosen to try

then I leave him there

and all I can do is cry.

I hope the workers will treat him as they should

my child can not talk

please treat him good.

I sit at home and he is on my mind

what is he thinking

does he wonder why I left him behind.

When I visit him sometimes I see things that make me mad

I LOVE HIM so much.

don't treat him bad.

I am not trying to be picky I just want the best

He is a person

He deserves the best and so do all the rest.

I know when I complain I make some people ill

please don't take it out on him

if it was your child how would you feel.

When I am at home and I have to trust in what you do

Please just think

What if it wasn't him in that body, but you.

Jake's Mom

Susan Hobbs

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