Broken Home

By monodemo

Wed, 04 Sep 2019
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2 comments
 

Dave got up on Christmas day

And then he just left

His kids they were unable to play

They were so bereft

 

Anger rose inside Dave's wife

She had other things to consider

Because inside her was a life

Alone she would have to deliver

 

He said sorry to his kids

Before he left the building

The problem with that is

Their emotions he’s not yielding

 

The atmosphere it was black

The house it was sombre

Will they get their daddy back?

His kids began to wonder

 

Weeks went by without a word

And the kids they did miss him

Nothing was said until they heard

He had gone to prison

 

For Dave had done something wrong

He was charged with drug possession

That was the reason he had gone

That was the real confession

 

Their mother wept when they slept

Beside her in her bed

His sentencing from them she kept

And kissed her new baby’s head

 

 

Certificate U
Poem
Family Ties
Drama
Crime
Miscellaneous

Comments

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

This was such a sad scene to read, but all too often at Christmas things can go terribly wrong. Hope it wasn't based on a real event because it could happen.

I found it very moving having lived in a womens refuge and it was all very familiar.

It made a good poem.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by monodemo on

thanks jenny

thanks for the feedback and no it wasnt based on real events thank god

xx  monodemo