You were so young
merely nineteen years of age
with a child on each hip and
one protruding from within.
You gave up your education
and your castles in the sky
to care for scraped knees
and tender hearts.
We were your life
and you never mentioned
that life could have held
anything else.
You were happy and content.
Then one day our world
was turned upside down
by the grim reaper of families
Divorce.
He overshadowed our home
with icy cold fingers
prying our hearts away
from one another
until we were sitting
around the table
choosing whom
we
were going to live with.
We all chose Daddy.
How your heart must have been torn
to watch those you loved and cared for
just turn away from you.
But you loved us anyway.
When we were petty and disagreeable,
you were tender.
When we struggled,
you were sympathetic.
When we were in need,
you were supportive.
You never brought up past wrongs
or mistakes.
You cherished us
keeping us
close to your heart.
For this reason,
precious love,
You are one in a million.
Thank you for loving us and
making us your
castles in the sky.
Kimberley Formosa © 2010
My Mom, me, Lynne, and Ronnie
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