Divorce Poems

Poems about Divorced Parents

It is an unfortunate fact that divorce has become commonplace in our society. The pain and anguish this is created in a divorce has a ripple effect on the family unit. Often family members are confused as how to act around the now divorced couple. Children are often used as pawns between their father and mother. Each one may try to gain the upper hand in the battle for their children's affection. Getting divorced may be necessary in cases when a relationship cannot be salvaged. However, the couple should keep in mind that the entire family unit will be affected by a divorce.

42 Poems on Separation and Divorce for Broken Families

1. My Lost Love - My Lost Child
- By Garrett W. Wheeler
- Published by Family Friend Poems February 2006
A parent who loses custody of his child lets the child know that they are not forgotten and that he looks forward to the day they will be reunited.

Losing Custody Of Child Poem

I wonder what you're doing
and how you're living life.
What new things did you learn today
and how did you sleep last night?

I wonder what you're doing
and how you're living life.
What new things did you learn today
and how did you sleep last night?

Did you feel raindrops on your face
or sunshine in your eye?
Of all the questions left unknown,
the biggest one is why.

Why can't we be together?
Why can't I watch you grow?
Why can't I guide you through this world?
This I just don't know.

But I promise we'll be together,
no matter how long it seems.
Just know you're always in my heart
and always in my dreams.
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2. Don't You Want Me?
- By Jenny Miller
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2013
My parents divorced when I was 5 and are constantly talking bad about each other. Neither one listens to me when I try to talk to them. I feel as if they have both abandoned me, choosing to talk about someone they despise over listening to me.

Poem About A Child's Emotions After Divorce

Daddy says he loves me, but he doesn't really mean it
Mommy says she cares, but I'm not dumb enough to believe it
They both just want the money that comes with the child
Don't you want me?

Daddy says he loves me, but he doesn't really mean it
Mommy says she cares, but I'm not dumb enough to believe it
They both just want the money that comes with the child
Don't you want me?

Daddy says mom's lying that she doesn't really want me
Mommy says she knows the truth that dad doesn't want me
I know it's true, but it hurts to know that I'm not wanted
Don't you want me?

I'm your own flesh and blood and daughter too
Why do you ignore me when I love both of you
I give you presents of love, but you both decline
Please, can't you listen to what's on my mind

I'm alone and unwanted
Uncared for unloved

But no one can hear me, not even my friends
They still believe I'll be happy till the end
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3. Best Interest Of The Child
- By Marsha K. Moore
- Published by Family Friend Poems February 2006
A sharp reminder to parents to really think about the best interests of the child.

What is in the best interest of the child
Parents fighting in the home
When one decides to roam
Parents fighting when they split

What is in the best interest of the child
Parents fighting in the home
When one decides to roam
Parents fighting when they split
When they no longer care one bit
Parents playing the child one against the other
Teaching the child there's no value in being a father or a mother

Or is it simply
Parents being the best that they can be
Speaking to one another cordially
Parents setting aside the differences they feel
To show their child what is truly real
Parents being what is necessary to be
To make the child's life happy and healthy

The 'best interest' is
That the child grows up to be the best they can be
Will that be to handle things in a way of hurt or harmony
The bottom line is
We should want them to grow up to be great
Don't let your hurtful ways decide their fate

So when it comes to what is in the best interest of the child
Be the parent that shows them you can make it through the trials
Being the father or the mother
That puts the needs of the child before any other
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4. Through The Eyes Of A Child
- By Brianna K. Slone
- Published by Family Friend Poems February 2006
Timeless Question: "My parents got divorced, but why'd I lose my dad?"

Why Did I Lose My Dad

When I was only two years old,
My daddy went away.
He swore he'd always love me,
But he said he couldn't stay.

When I was only two years old,
My daddy went away.
He swore he'd always love me,
But he said he couldn't stay.
Days turned into weeks
And weeks turned into years.
I never saw my father,
He never saw my tears.
He never read me bedtime stories
Or tucked me in at night.
He never showed up for my birthdays,
But I always hoped he might.
He missed my first day of kindergarten
And all of my school plays.
He doesn't know how smart I am,
My report cards full of A's.
Sometimes I want to call him
To say, Hey Dad, I'm still alive!
I'll be 16 years old soon,
Will you teach me how to drive?
It's almost time for college,
The years go by so fast.
I'm looking forward to my future,
But I'm still trapped within my past.
I guess I'll never understand,
Did I do something bad?
My parents got divorced,
But why did I lose my dad?
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5. Healing A Broken Family Tree
- By Lori McBride
- Published by Family Friend Poems July 2014
I originally wrote the poem called "A Broken Family Tree" 12 years ago. It was published on this site under my married name Lori A. Cain but is now under Lori McBride. The last verse in that poem said "I am one of many, but I alone will go." Since 2001, time has proven that I did not go alone because the Lord was with me. Meanwhile, a new tree has begun just as the original poem said. This poem is about how vital forgiveness is to future generations.

Poem About Forgiveness

When resentment and offense
Invade the very crevices of your heart
It burns fierce like sulfur
As it forces love to depart.

When resentment and offense
Invade the very crevices of your heart
It burns fierce like sulfur
As it forces love to depart.

Causing only the mention of a name
To consume you with hate
As its poison reeks havoc
on the next generation's fate

This grudge festers on
Keeping you imprisoned in pain
Causing every life force around you
To bear the effects of your strain

For hate and love
Cannot reside in one heart
Just as hate takes a family
And tears it all apart

Without forgiveness the heart dies
As it mourns the loss of love
Never understanding its very being
Is created in the heavens above

So then, how can we be reconciled
To God, who is LOVE, the creator of life
If the heart still remains
Unforgiving and full of strife?

I believe mankind's greatest lesson
What we are sent here to learn
Is how to love God and our neighbor
Before we return

So what's more valuable to you
Is it love or is it pride?
Because a heart without love
Has already died!

And understand that if pride
Is what you choose
There are many generations to follow
Who have everything to lose!

Ask love to return again
And invade every crevice of your heart
Seek the courage to make amends
Let love give you a new start!
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6. Goodbye Note
- By S Raine
- Published by Family Friend Poems April 2008
To the man who promised to make my dreams come true. My nightmare ends today. I'm leaving still loving you, instead of staying and hating you.

I never thought this day would come.
I truly thought you were the one.
We used to laugh and talk all night.
Now we argue, fuss, and fight.

I never thought this day would come.
I truly thought you were the one.
We used to laugh and talk all night.
Now we argue, fuss, and fight.
All is wrong in things I do.
To take the blame is never you.
So quick to run when things get rough.
Your best excuse, it's just too tough.
Home alone has become my life.
Did you forget you had a wife.
I keep it secret when things turn bad.
Because our kids love their dad.
I'll sleep tonight on what I wrote.
As I leave this goodbye note.
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7. Broken
- By Alexus R. Avery
- Published by Family Friend Poems April 2018
When I was very young my parents split up, and I had to stay with my mom. I recently moved across the country from my dad and his side of the family, and I decided to write this poem about my family kind of falling apart and how I feel inside about it.

My Broken Dream

Broken dreams
Turning into silent screams.
Listening to the loud noise.
Oh boy, how it destroys

Broken dreams
Turning into silent screams.
Listening to the loud noise.
Oh boy, how it destroys
The way things used to be.
A family now starting to flee,
Broken into pieces.
Now my heart screeches.
Deep inside my heart
Everything's falling apart.

If you look into my eyes
You'll then start to realize
The things I say are lies.
Can't you hear my cries?

I wanna go back to the start
Before I got a broken heart.
I miss my family as a whole,
But life decided to take a toll.
If I reach inside of me,
Maybe, just maybe, I'll be free.
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8. Empty Spaces
- By Mike Qyinn
- Published by Family Friend Poems March 2008
Haunted by the memories of a child

Memories Of Daughter

I sit alone here every day,
Thinking of the child you took away.
She was my heart, she was my soul.
She was the thing that made me whole.

I sit alone here every day,
Thinking of the child you took away.
She was my heart, she was my soul.
She was the thing that made me whole.

I have no hope, I have no faith, I have no energy,
She was the only pride and joy that rose inside of me,
And now there's just an empty space where laughter used to dwell.
My heart has got no purpose now, it's just an empty shell.

As I look at children play, in parks and on the beach,
I think about my biggest loss, the child I cannot reach.
Sometimes I wonder what she thinks when her mind remembers me.
Does she think about the dad she lost, the dad she never sees.

My days are filled with anger, my nights with painful grief.
How I face each day without her is way beyond belief.
Her toys are strewn about the floor, her bed is empty now.
Abandoned like the autumn leaves shaken from the bough.

There's nothing left for me to have but distant memories,
Of the times we had when she was young and full of energy.
I hear her voice inside my head calling out to me.
And when I close my eyes to sleep, her face is all I see.

But deep within the darkness that lives inside of me,
There is a tiny glimmer, a spark that's hard to see.
That spark is just a remnant of the love that is inside
The love which cannot disappear, the love I cannot hide.
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9. Not Your Little Girl
- By Alex O
- Published by Family Friend Poems October 2008
My parents got in a fight over church one morning. My dad was kicked out of the house and now it's almost as if he was never here to begin with.

Poem Showing Anger Toward Dad

I was ten years old
when a fight one morning
destroyed my family
without even a warning.

I was ten years old
when a fight one morning
destroyed my family
without even a warning.
I was young and dependent
and he was strong and wise
but little did I know
my Dad was full of lies.
He made empty promises
and he broke my heart
through many painful years
my life has fallen apart.
Now he likes to drink
to numb his pain away
while I have to endure
intense pain every day.
I am now 14 years old
in this harsh, cold world
if you don't want to be a Dad
then I'm not your little girl.
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10. Broken Heart
- By Norm
- Published by Family Friend Poems July 2015
I wrote this today, after going through a divorce. I was with my ex for 16 years, and now I'm able to put into a few words how I feel.

Poem Pleading Wife To Come Back

I know you say you love me,
But you don't see
How this breaks my heart,
Since we are now apart.

I know you say you love me,
But you don't see
How this breaks my heart,
Since we are now apart.

I wait for you on a whim,
I lose and only you win.
My heart breaks in the dark,
Waiting for you to fix my heart.

All the years that we shared
Have disappeared and no one cared.
We had a love so strong, can't you see,
They were jealous of you and me.

I lie here and cry in the night,
Wishing you were holding me tight.
In the darkness I shall hide,
Wishing you were by my side.

Bring your light back to me,
For you are the one, you see.
My true love is all I seek,
For now I am too weak

I will love you till the end of time,
Oh, I wish you were still mine.
All I have are all these tears,
What's left of 16 years.

I try to hold the pain within,
But at night the tears begin.
You and the boys are my life,
Oh, I miss my wife.

Please take these tears away,
And come home to stay.
Only you, you alone,
Can save this broken home.

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11. My Baby Girl
- By Justin
- Published by Family Friend Poems November 2011
While my wife and I were separated, I wrote this while picturing the worst for my little girl.

Letter From Father To Daughter Explaining Divorce

I lay here and think of how pretty you are
Daddy's little angel shines like a star
I'm sorry this happened to your little heart
That Mommy and Daddy had to split apart

I lay here and think of how pretty you are
Daddy's little angel shines like a star
I'm sorry this happened to your little heart
That Mommy and Daddy had to split apart

One day I just hope you will see
All I ever wanted was my family
But your Mommy and Daddy
Were never meant to be

I just pray this doesn't affect your life
'Cause it kills me inside to not have my wife
We had our up and downs
Now all I get is a small, simple frown

It's hard to write this for you
'Cause a family's love is all that you knew
Don't cry baby girl
'Cause your Daddy loves you.
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12. The Window
- By Jake Tipton
- Published by Family Friend Poems January 2009
My mom and dad were divorced when I was two. I saw my mom maybe 12 times in my life. I never knew why the divorce happened. Then one day I got a phone call from my dad saying he was coming to pick me up. My dad told me she had always been a bad druggie and he was scared for me. That's what had killed her. The last year of her life I didn't call her because she didn't call me. I only sent her one card, which said why haven't you called? I can see her dying thinking her son didn't care. I hate what I did and regret it so much...

Poem Regretting No Relationship With Mother

I look out the window and what do I see?
Except for a better version of me?
He did the right where I did the wrong
So, I'm the one that wrote this song

I look out the window and what do I see?
Except for a better version of me?
He did the right where I did the wrong
So, I'm the one that wrote this song
I'm here soaking up regret in the air
You died thinking I never did care
I wish I would've made the right choices
Now it's too late, but I hear the voices
Saying all I should've said
I never knew you would end up dead
If I could have one last moment with you
I would die to let you know I love you too
The three seconds it would have taken to make that call
To show how much I cared after all
So if you were here, what would you ask of me?
I just want to know what you would want me to be
If you were here would you be proud?
But now you're lost in the grim reaper's shroud
You were the one that taught me right
And you were the one who stole away in the middle of the night
Now I lay awake in bed
With thoughts of you in my head
Why didn't I say that four letter word?
If only you hadn't died before you heard
I was so wrong and now I see
You only wanted the best for me
So as I lay here seeing you now
I only wish I could tell you somehow
That even though the call you awaited never came
I did and do love you all the same
And now I only wish I could have seen the light
As I look out the window on this fateful night
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13. Questions
- By Adam T. Cumberbatch
- Published by Family Friend Poems February 2006
A child's innocence is shattered when his daddy leaves.

Divorce Through The Eyes Of A 6 Year Old Boy

Can you tuck me into bed, Mama?
Don't forget to kiss me goodnight.
Can you tell me a story, Mama,
Before you turn out the lights?

Can you tuck me into bed, Mama?
Don't forget to kiss me goodnight.
Can you tell me a story, Mama,
Before you turn out the lights?

Can you kiss my forehead, Mama,
Like you used to do before?
Can you at least tell me you love me, Mama,
Before you close the bedroom door?

Why don't you wanna talk to me, Mama?
I miss the sound of your voice.
Mama, can you please say somethin'?
I guess if you don't, it's your choice.

But Mama, I have to tell you somethin'...

Even though you're quiet, Mama,
I know what you're goin' through.
I understand why you cry now, Mama,
'Cause I'm hurtin' too.

Why'd you have to leave us, Daddy?
I still had some growin' up to do.
Did we somehow make you mad, Daddy?
Or were we not good enough for you?

Do you know that Mama cries at night, Daddy?
I think it's 'cause she sleeps alone.
Daddy, can you please call the house tonight,
'Cause Mama is waitin' by the phone.

You know Mama still loves you, Daddy?
But I hate you for what you've done.
You put tears in Mama's eyes, Daddy.
And in the eyes of YOUR son.

I thought you said you'd never leave, Daddy?
You said we'd be pals, you and me.
But you broke your promise, Daddy,
Like you broke this family.
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14. Reality
- By Marilyn Terry
- Published by Family Friend Poems March 2008
Is the marriage over? Written in regards to my husband, Cameron D. Terry.

End Of Marriage

As I sit alone in my room tonight,
It sure is a change from the same old fight.
I want to be held and loved tonight,
To share all my dreams with the man who lost sight.

As I sit alone in my room tonight,
It sure is a change from the same old fight.
I want to be held and loved tonight,
To share all my dreams with the man who lost sight.
Hold on or let go, I need to decide.
But oh, how I wish you were here by my side.
Changes have come and loneliness fades
When I learn to accept the choices we made.
My dreams have been shattered and nightmares occur
When I drive past the home that you always called yours.
I've experienced pleasure and got to know pain.
The women involved has made me insane.
The love that I had has turned into pain.
A man will appear, whom I won't have to blame.
The tears soon will pass, as God pulls me near.
The lessons are taught, and soon should be clear.
Be happy and helpful, and hold your head high
Because sooner or later we must say goodbye.
Be honest in life and flowers will bloom.
Remember me always and erase all the gloom
Because life is a treasure that will shine like the moon.
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15. Honey, You Can Have Him!
- By Jessica L. Schickel
- Published by Family Friend Poems June 2010
This poem is dedicated to all the millions of women out there who, like me, were left by their husbands for another woman. Keep in mind that we will ALWAYS be stronger than that man because we still have our dignity and spirit!

Letter To The Other Woman

He tells you all his secrets,
he tells you all his lies....
He calls you on the phone,
he has you hypnotized....

He tells you all his secrets,
he tells you all his lies....
He calls you on the phone,
he has you hypnotized....

He's a married man with
a family and a wife...
He HAD a happy marriage
until you came into his life.

You listened to him when he needed
you the most...
You should have known better
than to let him get that close!

You didn't have to sleep with him
to ruin our happy lives...
You just gave him advice
and made him realize...

He left me and our marriage
because of things you said to each other.
You gave him the courage
to have feelings for another.

A REAL woman doesn't covet another
woman's man...
She tells him to stand up
and do all that he can!

Why would you want him
when he left me for you?
You'd take the chance
that he'd do that to you, too?

We had our share of problems,
but you made him see
that love takes commitment,
and he walked away from me.

So now you get the man
who's in another woman's heart.
You get the man who left her
when you should have stayed apart.

Don't you know that difference between
what's right and what's wrong?
You should have stayed away
and not returned his calls.

Shame on you
because you did know better!
I talked to you about this on the phone
and now write you this letter.

Sure, we had our problems
until you came into his life,
but that's when he stopped caring
enough to want me as his wife.

But you should've known better
than to encourage his attention--
just a little fact that
I felt I should mention.

Honey, after the past few months
of what I have been through,
I have decided that you can have
him until he tires of you too.

And don't think he won't 'cause when the
going gets tough he'll just run,
place blame at you,
and go on with another unsuspecting one.

Then you can face a bitter divorce
and anger and tears
of the man he'll become
who will always switch gears...

Making promises out of guilt
and lies told to placate,
he'll do what he wants
until you decide to vacate.

So have fun while it lasts
and enjoy the ride
'cause your relationship with
HIM will surely die.

So no matter what you do
or if you play to win,
I gotta laugh right now,
'cause honey, you can have him!
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16. Love In My Life
- By Karen Warn
- Published by Family Friend Poems February 2009
Putting things on paper is therapeutic for me. A "poetic" style works best for me to keep my thoughts from straying. Thanks for allowing me to share!

The Difficulty Of Failed Marriages

I married a man too early in life
and wasn't prepared to be a good wife.
I believed he loved me and things would be fine.
My love for him would grow over time.

I married a man too early in life
and wasn't prepared to be a good wife.
I believed he loved me and things would be fine.
My love for him would grow over time.

The years passing by were good for a while.
Then came a time I could not see my smile.
He cheated on me, and I deserved more.
With a heavy heart, I went out the door.

We parted as "friends," which ended one day.
With a baby conceived, he went on his way.
He now liked his freedom away from me.
I carried our son -- he didn't want to see.

Soon after, another cared about me;
I ignored the things I didn't want to see.
I married that man -- I thought it'd be best.
But soon after that, he was failing the test.

Driven by fear, I mistakenly thought
A son of "his own" was thing that he sought.
I now had a toddler and one on the way.
There was no doubt I now had to stay.

Things started to spiral out of control.
The alcohol had a firm grip on his soul.
Choosing to leave to protect us all,
I was forced this time to really stand tall.

Now on my own with two children to raise
I examine my life in so many ways.
My relationships failed, for that I am sad;
But the result of those could never be bad.

Now long gone are those men from my past,
Replaced by a "true" love that forever will last.
My love for my sons, my two little boys,
Erase all my pains and reveal only my joys.

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17. Last Walk Down Memory Lane
- By Melanie Edwards
- Published by Family Friend Poems May 2011
This poem expresses the sadness of marriage as it ends...looking back on the happiness that once was.

As we sit here in silence, no longer husband and wife
I can't forget the vow I made to love you all my life...
Our last walk down memory lane fills my eyes with tears
As I find us walking hand in hand in our high school years.

As we sit here in silence, no longer husband and wife
I can't forget the vow I made to love you all my life...
Our last walk down memory lane fills my eyes with tears
As I find us walking hand in hand in our high school years.
I pass through our college life in search of our "Wedding Day"
The happiness and love we felt makes me want to stay...
But up ahead I know the best of us is yet to be
As I see you and our babies waiting there for me.
I hold you all in my arms as our babies start to grow
I feel the future calling me...but I don't want to go.
The road of our life together is ending here today
Going in different directions, with nothing left to say.
The last walk down memory lane finds us crying and alone
With nothing left but memories of our family and our home.
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18. More Than Life
- By Mistique M. Hart
- Published by Family Friend Poems January 8, 2022
I wrote this poem to my daughters. I lost a very bitter custody battle, and the father of my daughters was able to convince them to not allow me visitation with them. And so for many years, he played a kind of yoyo game with me by going back and forth from denying me to allowing me to see them for a little while only to abruptly stop again.

Poem For The Children I'm Not Allowed To See

To my so sweet babies,
Who suffer through this most,
I am so very sorry
You must read this in a post.

To my so sweet babies,
Who suffer through this most,
I am so very sorry
You must read this in a post.

If only I could hold you
When your time of need is great.
I hope one day you'll know,
And for me you won't feel hate.

I wish that I could take away
All the tears you've cried for me.
I would give up the world
To keep you from pain, you see.

I want to chase away
All your bad dreams at night,
And be there to guide you
When you don't feel quite right.

To share in all your happiness
Is still a dream for me.
I hope you know I love you
More than life, you see.
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19. My Life After My Parents' Divorce
- By Kayla K. Eikermann
- Published by Family Friend Poems February 2006
A poem written by a daughter after her parents' divorce. She mourns the life that she had but is also excited about her new life with two families and her parents' freedom to pursue their dreams.

Positive Divorce Poem From Child's Perspective

This is my life:

My parents are split up.
I can't believe they gave up.

This is my life:

My parents are split up.
I can't believe they gave up.

My life isn't the same.
It is different and plain.

This is so different than the life we had together.
I thought that we would last forever.

Instead of feeling crabby,
Now I am happy.

Now their lives have just begun.
I wonder what their lives are going to become.

But now I have two families, and that is cool,
Compared to a lot of my friends at my school.

So I am not the only one who feels this way,
So I just wanted to say

No matter what, they support me and they love me.
I just want them to be very happy.

This is my life, and I am very glad.
This is the life with my mom and dad.

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20. Fall In Between
- By Michaela Ann
- Published by Family Friend Poems November 2011
My mother and father recently have gotten divorced. My mom didn't know how to cope. The only thing she knew to do was to leave us kids behind - leave my 7-year old brother, my 15-year old sister and I. She would be out all hours of the night, drinking while I stayed up waiting for her. Imagine what it's like having your little brother ask why his mom doesn't want him? Imagine that life.

After Divorce

I walk down this lane.
Full of pain,
waiting for a brighter light.
It seems unreasonable.

I walk down this lane.
Full of pain,
waiting for a brighter light.
It seems unreasonable.
It doesn't feel right.
Waiting for her to come home.

My hands start to shake,
my face becomes white.
I look at her,
What a sight.
Her eyes blink red.
Expressions appear dead.
As she walks through the door.

I can't stand much more.
It's tearing out my heart
and leaving a hole.
My mind's a bruise.
Lack of use when
it comes to saving lives.
I wish it would stop

before it gets over the top.
Life is rolling downhill
from here and all
I see is a world of fear.
I want to be her eyes so
she can see all the hurt
she's caused this family.
It's like growing up without
a mother. Just a grandmother
fooling herself into playing the
parents' rolls.
Life is hard.
Life is work.
Something they never
told you is...
Life has no redos.
Just regrets and forgets.

I'm forgetting.
Forgetting what it's like to be whole.
I miss my family.
The smiles of 6.
I used to cry myself to sleep.
Praying that my daddy didn't leave.

Now I ask what is love?
I know it's giving up.
'Cause that's how I was raised.

Now it's just my brother and I.
Image what it's like being seven
and having no one wanting you.
Image what it's like having your mother
forgetting you. It doesn't matter what she said
or did, he's still her kid.
Time was well spent
when our family was more legit.
Now its just coffee and cigarettes.

I walk down this lane.
Waiting for the return of each day.
Over and over again.
Not knowing when
I'm going to give in. Or even
take a break.
My ammo's gone.
The war is won.
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Divorce Poems

Poems about Divorced Parents

42 Poems on Separation and Divorce for Broken Families

1. My Lost Love - My Lost Child

A parent who loses custody of his child lets the child know that they are not forgotten and that he looks forward to the day they will be reunited.

2. Don't You Want Me?

My parents divorced when I was 5 and are constantly talking bad about each other. Neither one listens to me when I try to talk to them. I feel as if they have both abandoned me, choosing to talk about someone they despise over listening to me.

3. Best Interest Of The Child

A sharp reminder to parents to really think about the best interests of the child.

4. Through The Eyes Of A Child

Timeless Question: "My parents got divorced, but why'd I lose my dad?"

5. Healing A Broken Family Tree

6. Goodbye Note

To the man who promised to make my dreams come true. My nightmare ends today. I'm leaving still loving you, instead of staying and hating you.

7. Broken

When I was very young my parents split up, and I had to stay with my mom. I recently moved across the country from my dad and his side of the family, and I decided to write this poem about my family kind of falling apart and how I feel inside about it.

8. Empty Spaces

Haunted by the memories of a child

9. Not Your Little Girl

My parents got in a fight over church one morning. My dad was kicked out of the house and now it's almost as if he was never here to begin with.

10. Broken Heart

I wrote this today, after going through a divorce. I was with my ex for 16 years, and now I'm able to put into a few words how I feel.

11. My Baby Girl

While my wife and I were separated, I wrote this while picturing the worst for my little girl.

12. The Window

13. Questions

A child's innocence is shattered when his daddy leaves.

14. Reality

Is the marriage over? Written in regards to my husband, Cameron D. Terry.

15. Honey, You Can Have Him!

This poem is dedicated to all the millions of women out there who, like me, were left by their husbands for another woman. Keep in mind that we will ALWAYS be stronger than that man because we still have our dignity and spirit!

16. Love In My Life

Putting things on paper is therapeutic for me. A "poetic" style works best for me to keep my thoughts from straying. Thanks for allowing me to share!

17. Last Walk Down Memory Lane

This poem expresses the sadness of marriage as it ends...looking back on the happiness that once was.

18. More Than Life

19. My Life After My Parents' Divorce

A poem written by a daughter after her parents' divorce. She mourns the life that she had but is also excited about her new life with two families and her parents' freedom to pursue their dreams.

20. Fall In Between