I never had

I watch them pass
with happy smiles
wondering think I
of a distant path

steps taken not
though I did try
it was close to me
and it could not be

children are not born
that never grew
and were not parents
that could never be

and of all the cycles
down throughout the years
all never born
and never who grew

parents were not
with children blessed
who could then grow up
and parents be

but others did have
what I could not
and the fruit of many years
now stand before me

and I do wonder
what might have been
if that one path
were not closed to me