A Poetic Ransom

Dear Jacob| Nothing to Flee from Dear Jacob, my love letter to my son. Not everyone can write their kid a book. 📕

This poem at the end is being published in a bestselling anthology. It’s a part of the book 📕, Dear Jacob.

The first poem written for the book 📖 is published in another bestselling anthology thru Wild Ink Publishing.

The girl who emailed me & told me my submission had been received & she LOVED the love in my poem.

Dear Jacob,
You are the ultimate gift from GOD
A token from heaven
I was still ignoring you at even seven
I didn’t kick myself into gear until you were almost eleven

I’m sorry that I didn’t put in the work
I’m sorry that I’d rather nanny a stranger than my own son
But the battles been won
I’m done

You’ve just started
You get to focus on your story now
People already wonder how

Show them I love you
Show them I’ve changed
Tell them the grace we’ve exchanged

You are my reason for all seasons
You were born so I would survive
To help keep me alive
So that I would thrive
You’ve been doing it long before you turned five

You are brave
How many lives did you come here to save?
Grandpa stopped us from an early grave
Thank you for finally learning to behave
I didn’t want to lose you
It would end all that I am
GOD won’t do that because GOD is not a scam
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