A New Pain
I woke up
and wanted to scream
as something throbbed and burned
around my knee.
I woke up
and wanted to scream
but just rolled out of bed
and started the day instead.
Why She Can't Leave
They all tell me to leave you but they don't understand what their asking how can I abandon a lifetime of memories a lifetime of adventures of waiting at home for you with dinner warming in the oven. They all tell me to leave you because they only see the bruises and the tears each time I realize that I'm losing you as you don't come home for dinner and spend our anniversary with the other woman. They all tell me to leave you and they tell me about her who is the same age I was when we meet but is far more beautiful than I could ever hope to be. They don't understand that I know about her, her name, the car she drives, the places you two meet in secret. But how am I meant to be the one who leaves when being your partner and our children's mother is all that I know? How can I survive in a world that I have never known all because you decided not to love me a...
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