It Hurts



It Hurts ©
Gary Shulman, MS. Ed.
July 22, 2023

When child becomes parent
Even just for a while
Tears may fill the eyes
Camouflaging the smile
Seeing a parent transformed
Into an infantile state
Presses hard on the nerves
Evokes a possible future fate
This was the strength
In your life long ago
This was the steadfast given
Didn’t we all think so?
But time sometimes acts
As a great wrecking ball
Taking a strong human spirit
And making it fall
So life comes full circle
And the child provides care
As they loved you back then
Love you give back albeit with fear
No words need be spoken
How deeply they do appreciate
The time and support given
Aware of the turmoil piling up on their plate
For the pain of parent becoming the child
Is never an end of life goal
Their mind, heart and soul hurting
Wishing their lives remained healthy and whole
But just as they unconditionally loved
When helpless in this world were we
Back that love must be given
Just as unconditionally

About this poem

When elderly parents become ill, sometimes roles with children are reversed.

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Written on July 22, 2023

Submitted by shulman.gary on July 22, 2023

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Gary Shulman, MS. Ed.

Gary Shulman, MS. Ed. has spent a lifetime supporting vulnerable families and children. He began his career working with children with and without disabilities in an inclusive Head Start program in Brooklyn NY. He then transitioned to become the Special Needs and Early Childhood Coordinator for the Brooklyn Children's Museum for 10 years. His passion for advocacy grew as he worked more and more with parents of children with disabilities. For over 24 years he passionately advocated for the needs of these parents as the Social Services and Training Director for Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc. in NYC. The last 8 years of his working life, Mr. Shulman served as a private Special Needs Consultant conducting hundreds of training sessions throughout NYC and beyond to help parents and professionals find and access the services and systems required to facilitate maximizing the potential of their children with disabilities. Now Mr. Shulman is happily retired in Palm Springs CA, but still volunteers his time any way he can to provide information to those in need of his expertise. Today, Gary enjoys sharing his poetry that he passionately writes with the goal of leaving this world a better place one word at a time. more…

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