long gone

when the judge asked him to profess his dying love for his children I’m told he didn’t blink he didn’t falter didn’t shudder

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no rights to them no visits don’t worry about child support they told him just go willingly, if you wish

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he may or may not have said goodbye in those last few moments I don’t know

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was it really that easy?

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I’ll never know how he felt in those moments after as he walked to his car how could I

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my 3-year-old is laughing in the other room her mother trying to put on her pajamas my daughter resists fighter until the end

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how can a man walk away from something like that?

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I’m not upset with that man malice has gone forgot now I’m just left with lingering curiosity

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I wish I could remember how he did it his tone of voice his posture did he blink?

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I was only 5 years old at the time I only remember staring at my gameboy

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was he wearing a tie? and if so what color?

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Thank you Niel Vaughan for the inspiration.