A Throw Away Dad
I was once the apple of someone’s eye;
looking back; only makes me sad;
why did divorce make a family die;
making me a throw away dad?
My wife, once, considered me handsome;
we enjoyed many times together;
our marriage was worth a king’s ransom;
now; all has been lost forever.
I married again; for a second time;
but it still was never the same;
reality seemed surreal and sublime;
I felt like an object of shame.
I couldn’t be there; to say goodnight;
or be there; when they’d awake;
nothing could ever set things right;
divorce is often a mistake.
Two sons; fatherless; by a mother’s choice;
where is the justice there;
a mother had silenced a father’s voice;
pretending the father didn’t care.
Divorce taught my heart about sorrow;
till love gave me a second chance;
she then died; leaving me no tomorrow;
now, I’m too old; for romance.
I was once the apple of someone’s eye;
unloved and alone; I am sad;
divorce made both my sons cry;
and me; a throw away dad?
Monty 10.18.25. # 3,023