SOMETIMES

Sometimes in the night, I forget
And I reach for you--you're not there.
I come wide awake, and memory
Comes back to me crystal clear.

Images flash through my mind
Of why you're gone.  The pain
Comes back full force and angry
Tears come.  Flooding my eyes with rain.

You said you found someone else.
Someone younger and prettier
Than me.  You were tired of being a dad--how
Do I tell the kids you found something better?

Forget the pain you've caused me, the kids won't
Understand and will lose their self-esteem and will
Blame themselves.  Since you don't want them:
You pay their therapy bills.

You're a low-life cheater with a child's mind.
You want what someone else has got.
It doesn't quite work that way in the adult world.
Good luck when you're bald with a paunch.