Tough Love

I don’t regret my marriage

I don’t regret my divorce

It definitely came along

At the wrong time, of course

But there never would have

Been a right time to separate

No matter when

It would have generated hate.

I started the proceedings

So, I was to blame

It not me then the

Children caused the flames.

But an aching hole

Was left in my heart

He was just the man with whom

 My life had gotten its start.

So why did I divorce him?

There were so many reasons

We went through a lot

As we lived through the seasons

But life took its toll

As we stretched apart

It got so being with him

Stopped my beating heart

But still there is a warm tug

When I look our creations in the face

One will angle her head just so

I’ll see the great parts of him I know