Tag: divorce

The Rise And Fall

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She was smitten with him

He was attractive and funny

She wanted to be with him forever

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He was taken by her beauty

She was kind and intelligent

He would spend his life with her

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She did the best she could

Trying to please him

Seeming to fail at ever turn

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He provided for her

Gave her his money

He was always working

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She felt trapped

Never saw him

Needed his touch

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He felt used

Never saw her

Needed her support

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They filed for divorce

Not being able to get along anymore

Said it was irreconcilable differences

Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – irreconcilable

Inhaling Fumes

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I can’t stand it

Like toxic fumes

From a running car

Breathing in

Your alcohol heavy breath

Is almost enough to

Get me drunk too

But I won’t drink anymore

A stupid voice inside

Tells me then you

Might stop too

But that was just

Another broken dream

For you never did stop

And those fumes

Were a big part of why

I walked out the door

Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – fumes

Blame

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Did that really just happen

Did you just speak those words

I can’t believe you would do that

Blame me for our problems

After I have done

Everything you asked

Year after year I did

And you still find me at fault

I am dumbfounded

I throw my hands up

I am tired of this war

I leave you with a clear conscious

Knowing I have done all I could

Your life and your decisions

Are fully on you alone

Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – dumbfounded

He Said She Said

He said I’m going for a walk

She said no, we must talk

While the child is asleep

This pain will not keep

He said she was laughable

She said he was culpable

He said he tried

She said he lied

He said he loved her

She said are you sure

He wanted to stay

She moved away

And standing in the dark                          

A boy and his dog Bark

Alone and so scared

He felt no one cared

They had been in the heat of the moment

And left the child with the torment

That he had been bad

He was incredibly sad

And he cried all night long

For what he thought he’d done wrong

And the husband and wife

Had ruined his life

With the words they had said

When they thought he was in bed

Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – culpable https://fivedotoh.com/2020/07/08/fowc-with-fandango-culpable/

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Perfect Family

It sits on the table

Right there

For everyone to see,

The perfect family;

But the frame

Began to tarnish.

It started when he

Picked up a bottle

Instead of turning to her.

He was troubled

By demons inside

That he tried to drown

With a little vodka.

The years proved

To make the situation worse,

Until the day

She left him.

The perfect family

Torn apart.

They just started

To work on

Patching up old wounds,

When she got the news.

He drank himself to death.

And now the perfect family

Is forever lost

Except in the frame.

Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – frame https://fivedotoh.com/2020/06/05/fowc-with-fandango-frame/

Next Chapter

Don’t look over your shoulder

Keep your head held high

Walk into the future

Knowing this is for the best

 

This chapter may be ending

But there are many pages ahead

Your story is far from over

This was all there to learn from

 

So, discard the pain and hurt

Carrying only forward

With pleasant memories

Of how things once were

 

Forgiveness for the wrongs done

Will also heal you too

So, don’t hold onto anger

Always remember the love

 

Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – ending

Life Changes

I close my eyes and try to calm my life.  Since he left I have found it easier to manage the day to day, but there are those every once in a while things that are rough.  For the first time in my life I had to unclog a drain with a snake; it was pretty easy, although messy.  I had to worry about health insurance.  I went from my parent’s policy to his.  And I had to find my first place all my own; once again from my parents house to his.

I am aware of a relief from his absence, but down the road there may come a day I am not so sure of being alone.  Now it is just a weight that has been lifted.  I no longer have to worry about what he is doing and when he will be sober.  Not that I could control it anyway.  No more broken things in the middle of the night.  No more incoherent words.  No more worries of when will he get behind the wheel and go buy more.

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Two years later I realized I missed him.  I should say I missed the man I married.  But tragedy had struck.  His body had enough of the disease and began to shut down, until the day he was found in his bed, gone from life far too soon.  Me left wondering if there was anything I could have done earlier to slow or stop the disease.  But I remind myself… I didn’t cause it, can’t control it, and I couldn’t cure it.  Unfortunately neither could he.

 

Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – manage

List of Demands

She stared at the paper and her face showed her disgust.  She picked up the phone and dialed a number.  When she heard him answer she didn’t waste time with a hello, she yelled, “What the hell happened to an amicable even split?  This list of things you want is crazy!”

She listened briefly to him, and then said, “Don’t give me that poor me speech.  You know I helped get you through college.”

In a short time, she interrupted him and said, “Fine, then talk to my lawyer!” Then she dropped the phone and stormed out of the room.

 

Written for Fandango’s One Word Challenge (FOWC) – amicable