Child Divorce Poems

Unlikely Mike
by Michael R. Burch

I married someone else’s fantasy;
she admired me despite my mutilations.

I loved her for her heart’s sake, and for mine.
I hid my...

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Shut behind the door,believing in kinship
Forenoon the scars on mother paraylzed me
Every knife calling out as a saviour
The smiles seem a distant dream
Goblins dreams turned...

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Despite the promises to stay to one another true

In sickness or in health, and till death do them part.

Vows made by newlyweds are not often...

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Written: November 20, 2023
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Divorce is rarely a triumph, falling apart as a curse. ...

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Sidewalks

We walked along the sidewalks
that paralleled the beach,
the ocean roaring in the distance
just beyond the soft sands,
an echo of all the waves
that have ever touched...

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It was great for a time
Sex and wine
Wine and sex
Then commitment and open and shut curtains.
Special delivery of child made the bond complete
Six months down...

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it is often said, love is blue
a poor anodyne for crushed hearts
pity them dearly that after years
they fail to understand
the mirror holds the cynosure
they truly...

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Espousing irreverent greed

Crafted one year ago today
yours truly – hopefully self plagiarism okay
worse case scenario, 
I would meet ill fate re: kenway
named after Assassin Creed...

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Sorry mom. 

Pill after pill still not filled
 except with depression. 
Held back but I wanna run
And as the sun sets it’s been another day...

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I went to my son’s open house last night
Hand in hand to meet my ex, his mother
His classroom was adorned with delight
Doting parents greeted each...

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Once when I was a child
My reins were held by my parents
This pony once led by their rants 

Now that my mustang is old
My reins...

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twitches belie pressure, nerve endings fray ~ in shock from the exposé 

love child appears out of the blue ~ dna sticks tight, unlike cheap...

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DEAD WAIT

You brave enough child

You brave enough man

Just because you will it

Just because you can

To pierce the everchanging rock

To crack the patterned egg

To peer into...

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Here is your new stepfather.
Lucky you!
We are in love.
He will love you like he loves me!
The child is two, he does not quite understand.

Here are...

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It’s an awful feeling to be wrong
Like a fish thrown back and having to explain the trick to others
Or a child at the chalkboard 
Walking...

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