Faint memories of you from years ago
Not the best, full of anger and hate
Two people who were supposed to love each other
Unconditionally, always and forever
At each other’s necks, murderous.
He wouldn’t fall for it, her controlling nature.
Three children together, part of a broken home
Never knew the love of a real family
Stuck with the bitterness of a lonely mother
Without the presence of a father figure

She lost hope, dated only men she could control
Lied to the children, told them their father left
That he no longer cared for them,
Didn’t want to be in their life any more.

But he told them things would get better
That he’d try to be there
Making money was hard
Paying a greedy person ever harder.
But it’s I who sees the family falling apart
Mother is getting married to a man she can control
Letting him control and taunt us
Denying us what we need, greedy, spoiling herself

Home is where the heart is but her heart isn’t here