why, I would like to know
they say you did horrible things and fled town
left behind a dozen children for your wife to raise alone
she refused the cash you sent
baking, ironing, washing clothes for others,
feeding and housing your family
**
they say you absconded to avoid arrest
and no one would tell her where you were
why did you leave without telling her yourself
without saying goodbye?
was justice coming so fast that you ran,
or was it cowardice of having to explain?
**
you showed up years later, and daughters,
now grown women, sent you on your way
no forgiveness given for your
harried departure and abandonment
**
your beautiful bride came across the sea
married you and birthed your children
then raised them herself
after you went on the run
you died alone, it seems
**
an enigma, a mystery with no resolution
and no answer to the
WHY of what
they say you did
a kinder way was to stay, and not to have done
what they say you did
the legacy you left is a loss of not knowing you
#sorrow #loss
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Comments (3)
So heartbreaking. My father did this to my mom and she raised the two of us alone.
So sad. I will never understand people who abandon their family.
Was this based on true events? I feel so sad for his wife and children