Wise Pick for 12 October

Mary Kirkpatrick
My young mind interprets
what I hear and see.
This abandonment
becomes my legacy.

Cynthia Millentree
The pain from
two parents leaving
can blind a child forever.

Sulekha Pande
The exit
takes only a few seconds,
but the
sense of abandonment
stays forever.

May Gregorio Demafiles
The separation of parents
create an unspeakable
emotional turmoil
for those they left behind,
especially their children.

Mai Quesada
Inevitably, when
parents go on separation.
the child bears its
more harmful effects.
emotionally broken
makes his whole-being.
stressful life in the offing.

Maria Ferns
Seeing his pillars depart,
the grief crammed his heart.
His soul sobbed,
As his parents stepped
their individual path.

Darryl Tombleson
To a child,
parental separation is traumatic,
irrespective of the circumstances,
take the time
to embrace their feelings

Siony Benemerito McCor
The child’s biggest fear,
is the pain of witnessing
the parents’ separations,
the mixed feelings of guilt and anger,
lingers in the heart for a long time.

Lisa Dutkiewicz
Parting ways
is a difficult situation
for everyone involved.
Please keep in mind
the hurt left behind
as seen through
the eyes of the child.
Be patient,
be kind while dealing
with the healing.

Sayeeda Pearl
The emotional pain
of broken homes,
reflects upon the
child’s life forever.

Amrita Mishra
Watching own parents
going separate ways
can be heartbreaking
for an innocent soul.

Mary Kirkpatrick
“It’s not your fault”,
is what they say,
as they pack their bags
and go away.

Shilpika Bagh
When ‘we’ part ways;
leave ‘them’ in dismay.

Sakina Kudrati
When parents
part their ways
it’s the children
that suffer the most.

Sarrveshwaran
In the eyes of the child,
if the parents rapport is not mild,
the consequences will be wild.

Shweta Yadav
Sight of their depart
torn him in two parts
because in parent’s conflict
child inflict.

Bambi Na
For every separation
a child is left in a
lonely situation.
Making his innocent mind
immersed in confusion.

Sherry Greene
Getting left behind.
Emotionally going blind.
Think you can find.
A way to be kind?

Marianne Kilcoyne
Create the seed
and watch it bleed.

Rinku Shah
When adults fight.
Children are a
heartbreaking sight.

Ian Davison
You both departed,
left me broken-hearted.
We should be all one,
instead I’m alone.
Abandoned, lost in the wild,
is my wounded inner child.
If only it was a game,
and not toxic shame.