Poetic Book Review: You Remind Me of Me

Lost in the Pages

I’ve been lost the past few days,

Buried in the pages of a book,

Immersed in a tale

Of choices made,

A young mother

Sent to a home to birth her babe,

Gives it up for adoption,

Later bearing another,

But always wondering about the other,

Where might he be?

Who might he be?

The sons later meet,

It’s hardly discreet,

Mayhem ensues,

Lives get screwed,

Damage is done,

Kidnap, remorse, prison, release,

But nothing can fix

The loss that began

Back when the children were young,

A young mother’s choices,

Not good enough

For the two that she bore,

One she gave up,

The other she kept,

What if, what if, what if?

A poetic book review. 

You Remind Me of Me by Don Chaon.