Tears Laid Waste

The A L'Arora, a form created by Laura Lamarca consists of eight lined stanzas. The rhyme scheme is a, b, c, d, e, f, g, f with no syllable count per line and the minimum length for the poem is 4 stanzas with no maximum length stipulation

Decades ago in the full bloom of youth

she gave birth to a child

a son, brown eyed and fair

melancholy by nature

He needed something more

a different kind of care

Not understanding she

was filled with despair

They were alone in the world

and she struggled to provide

the rent for their roof, the money for care

But he wanted her, no the kindly other.

She held him tightly

whenever she could

but this compromise she offered

came to no good

His father had means and much more

She begged him to help her

She feared for their son

He offered a solution with considerable craft

A stay-at-home aunt

willing to play her part

and welcome this toddler

with his broken heart

She forbade tears, angst and fears

when the decision had to be made

The father arrived with a missile in hand

she must sign away contact or no deal

"They" thought her resolute

they thought "beyond caring"

Not one understood

the remorse she was bearing

Each year on his birthday, she searched in vain

Her children called this her obsession

they grew weary of her quest

So she made it in hiding, to no avail.

How could he disappear

never to be found

Lost in the mists

like a ship run aground

After six decades of searching

came a DNA swath, it

presented a granddaughter, the offspring

of her son long lost

He wanted no part of this mother long gone

no upset to a life lived without her at hand

This, she, with true sorrow,

could well understand

Ellecee

Inspired by

imaginary garden with real toads - The A L'Arora form

and

Skywriting - Craft