enjoy this Linda M. Crate writing
in the free 2016 PDF file chapbook: If Tomorrow
Never Comes
(click on the front cover image or the
title text to download the free PDF file)
brighter than the stars
Linda M. Crate
the world can be a difficult, challenging place
but also a beautiful one;
i wish you had gotten the chance to know it—
having you here would have been
difficult after everything
your father put me
through,
but i would have never resented or regretted you;
and we would have found a way to
endure through all our struggles—
“it was a blessing is disguise”
maybe in some ways that’s true,
but i will never consider
losing you a blessing;
every child is a gift even if their presence is a
hardship because there are some who
are never able to have them and some who wish to have
one—
there are some who have them and don’t appreciate the
beautiful and wonderful love they’ve been given,
and it makes me angry to see this
because i would have given you all of me
to see you shine
brighter than the stars.
