Mom Divorce Poems

Coloring when you're younger is letting each shade have it's alone time
They say elders deserve it
But I never had the opportunity to see your hair...

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Doesn't seem like that long ago, when I was first introduced to divorce. My parents decided that they weren't in love any more and were...

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Dad and mom have split up
I am torn who I should live with
Vicious arguments - some of which were violent
Often occurred when dad was drunk
Reality...

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Death of a marriage 
Impacts a family, divides a house;
Very stressful experience, no doubt.
Once happy state of a union now 
Reduced to a heap of...

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Sentences 

the sirens were crying
and 
so
was
i
and
so
were
you,
Mom,
they
were 
coming
to
save
him
not
you,
not
us
because
you'd
be
waiting
until
he
got
home
he
was
being
saved
from
himself
we
were 
being
saved
momentarily 
for
the 
length
of
a
prison
sentence 
and 
he
got
saved
until
he
came 
back
even
more
broken
looking
for
someone
to
hurt
just
as
bad
as
he
was
his
sentences
were
shorter
than
this
one
prison
or
verbal,
they
didn't 
end
in
release dates
or
in
periods
they
ended
in
bloody
fists
both
prison
and 
verbal
sentences....

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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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Dearest Daughter
(written for Amy)

My dearest daughter, 
we just met, 
but I know I know you, 
from your father's words. 
You are full of laughter, 
and...

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The Tricky Chirp

The nester bird comes to live, 
in a nest, they did not make. 
Yet... the bird, 
feels right at home 
and not alone...

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White Lace

Mother died today. 
They called me. 
I thought they did not have, my number. 
They never called before, now. 
Why bother to call now?...

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Quiet Bird Songs

Daughter, come home. 
Your mom is calling you. 
She is singing the same song, 
as when you were little. 
She remembers, 
everything. 
She...

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Recycled

I have gone through many storms. 
Some I thought would capsize the boat, 
and drown both me, 
and my beloved children.
At the first sign of...

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Someday

When I grow up, 
I want to be... like my father. 
He serves in the military, 
and helps other people 
around the world. 
He fights...

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They divorced in the late sixties
I was young, just turning ten and listening
To their arguments, their disagreements
Revealing words that I knew were injurious

They walked away...

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Mom and Dad, Dad and Mom
So opposed in their roles, yet unified in their wants.
It's a bitter shame to be old and grey,
Look back at...

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I used to love my dad the sad eight-year-old boy said.
But we hate him now! 
You should hear him yell at my mother!
He is rotten,...

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