How Could a Mother
The word betrayal
As i say at forty nine
Goes back when i was five
Way back in time
A mother, a father
And two little boys
A mother who played around
For her own little joys
Then one night
When her kids were asleep
Next door started a fire
We were out in the street
Our house was burnt down
Every thing we had was lost
Could we move on as a family
At no matter the cost
It was not to be
As in the courts it was decided
Two boys with their father
And their mother, now divided
What takes a mother
And her decision to leave home
To leave her young boys
In her selfish roam
Her husband, her boys
Start to make a new life
Then on that April day
Again, its filled with strife
William, her eldest
On a Monday night
Was knocked down and killed
Dragged from, her youngest ones sight
He never survived
We thank the angels he never
His limbs of four
Under the van were severed
How could a mother
Be as selfish as this
Leave her two young boys
For her adult bliss
Two years later
Her youngest nearly gone
Upon a bottle he fell
His artery severed, his life withdrawn
Maybe the angels
Were with him that day
For you now read his words
That his history says
Seven years later
My father departed
Broken hearted, distraught
Since her selfishness started
He joined his eldest
As they shone with the stars
Leaving the youngest behind
To live with the scars
Its what happens to a family
That becomes so frail
As she abandons her kids
The ultimate betrayal
My entry into Olusegun Adelana " Betrayal " contest
http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/poetry-soup-5.php
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