Not in Vain | A Poem

You wished for a child, and the heavens replied

A soul was sent, so small, so wide  

Not born to follow where you have been  

But to carve their path, yet unseen  

They did not ask to see the day  

It was your heart that lit the way

And so they came, a gift, a spark  

A light to shine, not bound to dark 

Do not grieve when they turn anew  

For their own dreams must guide them through  

They are not shadows of your past 

But winds that roam, so free, so vast 

They are not treasures to bring you gold  

Nor debts to pay when you grow old 

Not hands to serve at your demand 

But hearts to hold, not to command  

No birth is wasted, no life in vain  

No love is lost in joy or pain  

Even if they choose to stray  

Your love will never fade away  

You gave them life, but not their mind 

You gave them love, but not to bind 

Let them bloom in their own space 

And know your love was not misplaced 

Raise them with kindness, not with chains  

Let love be free, not weighed with gains  

For they are human, not a price  

Not born to serve, but to rise