By Em Hatemore
Date: 2011 Oct 20
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Defeat

I think the worst part of divorce
is knowing that no matter how bad it got,
there is no chance of it getting better.

Never say never, they say.
They have never faced never.
Never exists, no matter what you think.

I wish I could start again sometimes.
Do it all over.
It would hurt the same the second time around.

A broken home, a broken life
pieces picked up and taped together
with the promise of tomorrow.

Sometimes tomorrow is a threat, not a promise.
It still comes and goes
you just have to face it.

It hurts to know you never cared enough to listen
to see me as a real person worthy of respect.
I have respect now in the finest form
yet I yearn for praise and respect from you
even after all this time.

The ugly face of defeat rears
I am left to deal with another day of defeat.