by Daisy Rosario

Created on: April 16, 2009

Mornings are heavy with burden

especially when he doesn't come home

Finally, he walks in the door

you and the kids are those he ignores

Mommy? Where is daddy going?

Suitcases and car keys jangle in air

The long creeping of emptiness awaits

and bills he ignored remain and left unpaid.

The house, the kids, the car and the pool

no longer glamour of country club drool;

One job not enough, two becomes too many

Courtroom meeting adjourns the separated married.

Claim no fault

Claim incompatible

Irreconcilable rather

and never an adulturous rammer

The little ones left will question over and over

the father they see occasionally and never wonders

Is he being selfish? What could he have done better?

Never cared to explain his disdain was the selfish debtor

Took him to court

Garnished his wages

Kept the house, the car

and the vacation house still in stages

I also found out

he owned land in the Bahamas,

and a timeshare in Puerto Rico

the island full of "damas".

Alimony came in hundreds

Child support in thousands

The bills are paid

the car up to date

Today, my children appreciate

my steadfastness to remain

engulfed in their lives

and solitude by choice in reign

He missed the cheers of a roaring crowd

the applause of medals and awards,

the joys and glorious laughter

the honors and hard earned degrees thereafter

Mommy... thank you for being there

for your lonely nights and eager prayers

to the Lord you weren't sure heard your plea

Thank you, for I am today what you were for me ...

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