Gone are our growing up years,
Years when we didn't know each other existed.
No fights over toys, no tears or laughter did we share.
We've missed so much in our growing up years.
The special holidays were not to be shared by you and I.
The birthdays came and went and still no you and I.
Graduations and weddings but still no you and I.
Then came adulthood and still no you and I.
I have missed so much and will never know,
What it would have been, to be a child with you.
Gone are those years of growing up.
I wish I could share you memories of growing up.
So many things in our lives but we could not share,
If only we'd known each other was out there.
So much has been lost, never to regain.
In my heart I feel such pain.
© Betty Schenk
