At odds

After 17 years I finally understand

how to be a mother.

In my 44th year I knew sex

and learned how to be a good lover.

A marriage taught me I can’t change anyone but myself.

Divorce gave me a new perspective on freedom.

Yet I don’t know how to say good-bye.

I don’t know if I will ever learn how to

let the ones I love go.

They must find the truth themselves

and I can no longer be there.

I will be elsewhere.