Breaking it Off with a Man with Kids

Once a Cheater… Always a Cheater (he cheated on both of his ex-wives…)

Listen, when he speaks
He’s telling you his simple verity
A scared, uncertain man
Ungrounded, childish, needing clarity

The dude isn’t ready for a day job or a girlfriend..
Let alone a partnership with a Goddess
So he ties up women that look like little girls
Figure of a 10 year old child-like bodice

She is an abundant, radiant source of love and light
Beaming wider just to prove…
To him and him alone
That wounded boy she wants to soothe

No more will she fluster
Over the secrets that he keeps
There isn’t any secret worth her happiness
No longer will he be the reason she weeps

Celestial being
Uma to many
An idol to that sweet boy
His love for her plenty

Pretending to deposit coins into her chest
“A coin for each day!”
Wrestling me to never let him go
Part serious, part play

I’m sorry to the littlest one
I know you just learned my name
It took months apart and one moment of presence
Then that loud and proud voice came

As you sung it repeatedly
No reason to stop
All of us cheering you on
Your confidence solid, like a crystal or rock

I’m not sure I’ll be back this time
I almost wrote out that I would
No longer will I promise that to myself
I’m not even sure I could

Earlier the guy actively proclaimed
He was the victim of abuse
Yes, abuser and abused
She often hit you when she drank booze

My mortal self
Wanted to hit you so badly today
As if a hard enough punch to the shoulder
Would make everything okay

I don’t want to hurt you
And I haven’t… yet
Sounds dooms-day-y, huh?
You don’t trust me because I’m a threat

I am
I am the wind in your sails
I am
I am the hands pinned with nails

I am a threat
I’m also safe space
You proclaimed I’ve helped healed you
And I’ve never lied to your face

I am many things
And many things are true
No longer indulging in the drama
I’m off to build anew