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boys For her adult bliss Two years later Her youngest nearly gone Upon a bottle he fell His artery severed, his life withdrawn Maybe the angels Were with him that day For you now read his words That his history says Seven years later My father departed Broken hearted, distraught Since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