Dear My Mother's Cheater

Dear my mother’s cheater,

Shattered and jagged,

Raw pieces of her

Heart

Left in our kitchen,

On our couch,

In

My home.

You were supposed to

Be her comforter; her

Protection from lies

And harsh words and bad people

But you became all of those.

How were we to know

That you were going to

Morph into a monster

A man

I once considered to be

My father

Who ripped safety and security

From under us, swiftly and quickly

You left. You fled.

You coward.

And I was left to pick up her broken pieces.

I had to care for her

I had to heal her

I had to teach her about forgiveness

And moving on.

That is a mother’s job.

Not a daughter’s.

You took my mother from me,

And I wanted you to burn for this,

But it’s only me who is ablaze.