Your on your way back

You left me alone
Just 18 month ago
Left me feeling stranded
And lower than low.

I knew not real life
Or the meaning of work
I started from the start
Looking a bit of a berk.

As parents you should have
Taught me how to endure
How to fend for myself
What its like to be poor.

I've taught myself this
I've learnt some of that
I no longer need anyone
I'm no longer a prat.

You've made the decision
To come back to me
But I'm no longer the child
You left me to be.

I've grown to a woman
Dependant and strong
I don't really need you
You've been away far too long.

Our relationships fizzled
The way a families should not
I don't know how to find
What we've no longer got.

I was alone in the world
I've dealt with it well
You want back in my life
I can't yet ring the bell.

My parents, my siblings
Left me far behind
I felt so abandoned
Saw the world was not kind

Can I just accept you?
Forget and forgive?
Will things be ok?
With you here can I live?