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Poem Details
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| Title: | abandoned |
| Author: | Debbie kew |
| Date Submitted: | 5/29/2007 |
| Email: | dkew@bigpond.net.au |
| Poem: |
it happened all so suddenly the day you walked away I didn’t see it coming you had nothing to say you simply packed a bag and got on your motorbike and left me wondering what of our marriage you didn’t like you hurt us all so badly but you didn’t seem to care as long as you were enjoying life now that isn’t really fair I guess it was my illness that you couldn’t handle anymore you just left me standing there staring out the door I couldn’t give you what you needed and now I know why I blame myself for the breakup and all because I didn’t try to be a proper wife to you and overcome what I’d been through now the children hardly ever see you I know it hurts them too we battle through everyday the four of us tightly knit living our pain of knowing that you don’t give a shit how can you be here one day and the next you’ve disappeared that’s why I can never leave them cause it’s what they have feared when I know I’m really ill and should be admitted to the ward I can’t go there because no more hurt can my children afford I can’t let them have anymore trauma erupting in their life because I am still their mother even though now not your wife ... |