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To Elyssa
by Karen C Vanderlaan → (All Poetry by Karen C Vanderlaan)
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written to my very small granddaughter as i was fighting to have her removed from her drug addicted mother

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Ominous sadness engulfs me
How can my hands be so tightly tied?
I am helpless to affect your life
In the way I feel is needed

I want to rescue you
I am torn as I watch from a distance
To the insignificance put on your life
You who are more than precious

Your value is as a pawn
In the selfishness of those not ready to parent
What will it take to release you
Into the arms of a waiting life?

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 Reviews of "To Elyssa"
Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on November 11, 2006
How painful! I am at a loss for words. I send you my love and peace,

Regis
Reviewed by Peter Paton
Reviewed on September 24, 2006
Karen

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Peter
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