He said it was the worst thing that had ever happened
To him
His heart was broken and he would never be the same
I was sure the pain was real, but I couldn’t help
But wonder
The worst pain he had ever suffered was it
Then he had never seen his child
Suffer the pains of addiction
Watched his mother pour that glass of scotch
That you both knew was one too many
Never seen his father’s shoulders hunched in defeat
When the pink slip came with his paycheck
He had never seen the eyes of a child
When there was no Christmas tree or toys
Felt the agony of an old woman
As she watched her husband of 70 years
Placed in his grave
Painful though it is, failed romance
Just cannot compare