She Left Us

2/25/2016 -final words of Ephram Johnson father to Ben and Katie Johnson scribbled hastily on thin parchment and attached to the children as he abandoned them in the Jublaic Woods

I pick up the pieces off the floor
They were strewn everywhere as you walked out the door
You left me
You left he
And most of all you left she
Two children raised by one alone
This their lives, this wreckage, by your hand done
He died
They cried
The moment all their love, you denied
You said you hated us
You killed any trust
The kids ever knew
Why, is this what you set out to do
That night at the bar
You seduced me, said you didnt live far
We got in your car
Drove to your house
Roommate sleeping, we were quiet like a mouse
I laid you down, I worshiped at your altar
From their it grew, you said, I quote, “our love will never falter”
Lies again, as you always spread
You were never happy, you were always dead
I dont blame you, just the voices in your head
I loved you
That will always be true
We went through so much
More than our words could ever truly touch
After that day
I didnt know what to say
I screamed, then I kneeled down to pray
You were cursed from the start
We were always meant to be apart
The irony, sewn within our heart
So here I am, raising little Ben
He keeps asking me when
When is momma coming back
The words he wants to hear, ill forever lack
Katie misses her aswell
This breaks my heart can’t you tell
Ive reached my wits end
This night, ill be condemned
As I force them to contend
I am dropping them in the forests
This will be their true tests
If we met for reason, this will surely attest
Otherwise my burden is lifted
And to me the world will be gifted
As my conscience stays clean