STAY

DIVORCE THROUGH AN ELEVEN YEAR OLDS EYES...

They are talking,my mom and my dad

Can tell it isn't going well.Please STAY.

For the sake of me please STAY.

The door opens out she goes.

No more mom.No more home.

What did I do?I didn't mean it.

Gone another blissful day.

It is a week now.No mom.

Where did she go?Is she o.k.?

I am so sorry I will be better.

I have to find her to tell her to STAY.

Dad let her come back.Oh wait she is here.

I tell her I am sorry for whatever I did.

Not you she says it is dad and I.

Drops me back off after a short visit.

Watching her pull away rips me apart.STAY.

Why did I do all these horrible things?

Dad says it is not me.Mom says it is not me.

Well what is it then?Help my family.STAY.

There is a fight I am told in a big building downtown.

I hear their all there.Mom,dad,grandma,grandpa and even my cousins.

I hear all the talk in the house.It is not good.

Everybody wants me.I want it all to be the same.STAY.

My things are now packed.I do not know where we are going.

A new house?A new town?A new school?Mom's for the weekend.

I only hug her for a little while it is already time to go.STAY.

Love to you both mom and dad.Would of been better to talk.

Nothing in my life will ever be the same.I am so sorry I'm bad.

Wish you would just tell me.I am eleven not two.STAY.

They still do not get along mom and dad.Nothing is the same.

Picking me up,dropping me off,all hell rides for me.

I do not like to talk anymore.Which parent is right?

That is all everyone wants to hear.Not what I think.

Screaming again they see eachother.I hate all of it.STAY.

Nothing will be o.k. The cuts I am making will...STAY.

Reviews

[Yellow Butterfly]

A heart wrenching and poignant read

[Quattro Hall]

very good write. I have been by a lot of friends that went through this.

[lee von cleef]

Your rubbing a scar in all of us, and no one much stoops to pick up the paper they just waik on by.

[Holly Mason]

until they except the scars and realize paper is one of the best wound healers ever at least for me

[catofjade]

Powerful.

[Indie Skreet]

oh Holly, this made my blood run cold. I was 12 when this happened to me and now I am putting my own children through same (though they are young adults and living with their dad). This is too real not to be. You set the tragedy just so - very skilful

[Holly Mason]

people assume that children are so resilient....till they scream for help with frozen words. thank you much

[Krista Gallant]

Oh Holly, how beautiful is this work of art! The expression of feelings make me feel as if I was there through it all. I can visualize each moments. Thank you for sharing! Fabulous job :D

[Holly Mason]

thank you so much I really appreciate

[Chris]

There are so many "Truths" and so many "Lies" and each reason fits a mind. Life as we live it... seldom as we want it.