My innocent son: I cannot bear to think That you were left fatally injured alone That the man who caused your horrific injuries Left you lying unprotected in the road He without a thought just left you He did not stop to help But drove on until his damaged van could not go on He has taken your precious young life Your plans, your hopes and your dreams You had so many years ahead of you So much you wanted to do He has taken away your future And he has taken mine too Where was this man’s compassion? Where was this man’s conscience? Where was this man’s humanity? You and I know that he has none He received no injuries Even though he was to blame He can carry on with life having taken yours so violently And has left a broken hearted mother Struggling to carry on without you, Adam Your killer told police that I should get on with my life Easy for a killer to say I had to ID your Broken Body, my Beautiful Son The utter torment of seeing the Horrific Injuries you sustained, Adam This vivid picture of your Broken Body is with me constantly No chance for one last hug To say – I love you, although I know you knew For you are the Darling of my Heart And I will always love and remember you This killer who callously wiped out your precious young life He left you dying in the road He was wearing defective glasses He was on his mobile He told police he was running his van into the ground This arrogant killer showed no remorse at all We are told that there is Truth and Justice That the guilty will feel the force of the Law But you and I know that this is not true Why did this callous killer not have to answer For his horrific, violent crime On one so young On you Adam, My Innocent Son? Missing You my Darling Adam So much sadness here today Adam My heart is so heavy with pain As I see so many parents with the lost look in their eyes. Each one trying to hold themselves together. I can see it, and I want to cry out We should not be here, We should not have to mourn for our children. As we listened to the music of the Brass Band And emotions overcame us We let our tears of sadness fall. We walked through the grounds of Hixton Hall Past trees with leaves of gold and orange and red They look beautiful But the pleasure of such beauty has gone now you’re not here. We walked past a lake and saw a family of swans, Parents and signets swimming together A lovely sight But the pleasure of such beauty has gone now you’re not here. We gathered together on a small hill Where we stood in silence for some time before letting our balloons go. The balloons we had held so tenderly, as if we were holding our child The balloons on which we had written our child’s name and message of love We let our balloons go, but I was not letting you go my darling Adam I watched your balloon ascend, swaying and dancing until it was out of sight It was taking my message of love to you You are in my heart now and always And never a moment from my thoughts I miss you more than words can say I miss you every minute of the day My heart is broken, but my love for you will never fade