This is a work of fiction and I do not own the characters

This is a poem that I wrote several months ago. Some of you may have seen it and I thought I would post it here as well.

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You're not my son,
You're not my child.
But you have undone
All the bricks I had piled,
High around my heart
To keep you away.
When did it start,
I can not say.

I look at you and I see
Life through your eyes.
As you go you are taking me
Soaring with you in the skies.
I did not want to feel again,
Alone was easy before you.
But now I feel love begin
To grow within my heart anew.

You see life with so much joy
Although you have known pain.
You remind me of a little boy
Playing with his new train.
It crept up on me suddenly
Before I knew what hit me.
At first I did not realize - really
What was coming over me.

Thank you, dear friend
For showing me the way.
May our journey never end
Let me take the time to say.
Partner, friend and so much more,
The son I silently claim.
Of this feeling I am sure
Life has blessed me once again.