Biography series: Helen Keller

Taken from me

by Joel Howard

Inspired by the life and childhood of Helen Keller

What a beautiful child!

What a beautiful child!
Healthy and whole

Meek and mild

Who would have known

That before the age of two

All would be taken 

Away from you

Those two years

Those precious years

Before came to life

My unconscious fears

What I most dread

What I most fear

Came now to pass

I'm left in tears

The sobs

The strokes

On your little hair

What will become

Of you, Helen dear? 

Will the world ever know

Who you may have become? 

Will the world ever hear 

Of my daughters and sons? 

Helen, dear Helen

No matter what comes

Your father and mother

Will love you with love

So dear, so precious

We'll never forget

No matter what becomes of you

We'll never regret

Bringing you into the world 

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Helen Adams Keller was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of Keller and her teacher, Anne Sullivan, was made famous by Keller's autobiography, The Story of My Life, and its adaptations for film and stage, The Miracle Worker... from Wikipedia

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