An only child
Imagination flourishing
Because there’s no other
Way to go
Playing alone
Make believe
All alone
Coming home from school
Bullies seem to persist
No brother or sister
To have your back
You continue on
Twenties are fun
But hard when things crumble
No one to help you
Push through the growing pains
Parents want to help
Parents who have siblings of their own
They don’t know
How to be without
That extra support
Fumbling through
The adult years come on strong
Everything hits you
Like icy sleet
On an rainy fall evening
Loneliness pierces
Through the skin
To the heart
You continue to push through
Until the sun comes out
But you’re still alone
Then comes the day
You get a call
Parents need you
To be the parent now
It’s on you
You will do everything you can to
For those who loved and raised you
Constantly knowing you are alone
Parents have gone
And you are all alone
Family exists
Aunts, uncles, cousins
But you are alone
Alone in your pain
Your loss
No one can or will understand
Life will never be the same
You are truly alone
B.A. Wilcox © 