When Love Can Not Win

Why do I love them?
I can not explain
It hurts that I
Am not free to exclaim.

I do not like the others
They are not good people
But I can't say it
For fear of reprisal

Raised by a woman
Manipulative, evil
That's why they became
So thoughtless and hurtful

Not a hi or a thank you
For gifts we sent
Were they not good enough?
Is that what this meant?

But I do love the babies

Though they'll never know

Because hatred has won

So love can not show.

We never will hold them
We're not welcome there
They won't know our love
It's really not fair.

He loves them all
And he hurts and he fights
But they don't love him back
And that is not right.

She stopped them from loving him
She did so much wrong
But he thinks it's his fault
And it's been too long.

He can't get them back
Too much damage is done
If only he'd fought
When they were young.

This poem was originally written on my Facebook page (Sapphire M Ravenclaw), the coloured verse was added here.