Did I take a wrong turn
Did I lose my way
Miss the things that matter
Did I fail you without my noticing
Not know what matters most
Or what is important in life
Did I lose you
In some crowded street
In a dense wood
In a sea of tranquillity
Fail to notice you missing
Or fail to seek you out

Did you get yourself lost
Not tell me where you were
Stay away too long
Did the time just pass you by
Fail to tell me how you were
Or forget until too late
Or was it something worse
Something too tragic to share
Some kind of illness
Was it despair that halted you
From telling me what’s wrong
So bad and so chilling

Or is it that you cannot say
Because of something far worse
Something that prevents you
From uttering a single word
That something being death
That came your way so quick
No it was nothing of the sort
You’re very much alive
But still I’m left grieving
And asking where I went wrong
How my son ended up that way
From innocent baby and boy
To the monster that you now are


An insight into a hypothetical scenario inspired by some real life cases
(November 2008)

Gary Fellows

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-father-who-lost-his-son/