For Mom and Dad
Divorce After Twenty Years
Poem by Jessica Valadez // art by Manuel Ramirez

Where did the past 20 years go?
Now you're acting like you don't know.
I'm tired! Hearing cries every night, “baby…please don't go.”
Every river has stopped it's flow.
Now you say you found someone new.
Mommy's skies are no longer blue,
Why did you do it dad?
I'm disappointed in you.
Why should mom spend her life in misery?
While your life is glistening
While you look to your future,
I'm watching every petal from my flower wither.
Seeing my whole life pass me by,
Watching my whole family die.
You vowed you'd always stay forever,
What a lie dad, take with you the stormy weather

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