By Damien Knight
Her heart was a bitter void.
Blackness seeped into the soul
Where could she go?
She had givens so much
Never enough.
She loved, sacrificed
He left anyway
If he had wanted
he still couldn’t stay
It had to be
Her joys slashed
as a car pulled
into their driveway
She shooed the kids back
Tells them to stay
Tears of glass
lost to grief
a letter at last
no relief
he’d never come home
and these little ones
she’d have to love
on her own