A fathers lament
Over
loss of children for
marriage vows that echoed
emptiness and mothers
vow revenge for breaking
sacred words exchanged
in front of Holy cloth
So
man must pay a ransom
for leaving holy sanctuary
Yet
wounded by this Eve
man recoils in agony from
the serpents bite of
poison venom seeping deep
into the child’s innocence
warping little minds to hate
this man for crimes of love
not committed
This Eve snares her captured with
slick words and poisoned pen by
writing shamefully for all to see
how she steals this man’s
children’s souls
with glee
Hoping to inflict more pain
and tear his heart
and let it beat no more while
crows await the spoils along
the side road of broken dreams
of long lost days
this man will
lose without his children
in his life
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