with this

child of mine

she thinks

where i talk

of hard times

is when her mother

& me parted

& bless

i don’t ever

disagree

if the hard times

came later in

the starting over

holding nothing

but time

& expecting

life for others

to be

much the same

which it never was

she feels sad

for me for herself

never knowing

the real reasons

why i left

tho’ her mother

has hints to give

bearing no relation

to the what was

such ignorance

is bliss