Divorce

Who was it that taught us to leave our coldness

Shoved underneath the living room rug

Why are we stranded with no land between us

We’re dating until we are numb to the drug

The pain of our distance is tangibly aching

Aching inside of our too broken hearts

We roll up our sleeves to dig into our selfishness

Cowardice seems our only recourse

We are the children

We are the broken

Parents have left us alone

What is this cancer

Eating our faces

Degrading our places that we call home

Down to the bone

We are the children

We are the broken

We’ve been left

With pennies

Shortchanged

We are the ravaged

Blindly forsaken

For dreams of pleasure and fame

Remembered for innocence

Lost

Remembered for promises

Tossed

Out with the morning

Rain

Pain

Hurt

Divorce