"I'm leaving your mom...not you."

I am leaving your mom, not you.
I am leaving the home.
I am leaving your daily life.
I will show up on occassion, maybe.
I will be there when you need me, maybe.
I love you.

I am leaving your mom, not you.
I'll start to forget what you like.
I'll start to forget what it was like to read you a story at night.
I'll start to forget how it felt to hold your hand when you were afraid.
I'll start to forget that it all really mattered.
I'll forget that you need me.
I'll be happy in my own new life.
I love you.

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I am leaving your mom, not you.
I awake from my selfish slumber. 
You are grown.
You don't return my calls.
You forget what we had when you were little.
Dad, you didn't just leave mom,
you left me too.
Do you really love me?

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