We cannot control our children’s lives
We have to let them be
Let them go into the world
Watch them carefully
Love has done its basic deed
Planted in the heart
You are loved – that is your creed
Now you play your part
Life will make a mess for us
Foolishness might reign
Others retreat in anger
They never got to gain
But loving parents persevere
Carry their children’s pain
Keep an ever-open door
Welcome home again
The story of the prodigal
Is Jesus’ great surprise
God is always there for us
Open up your eyes
Brian Fahy
11 September 2022
Erris Poetry 