fathers, mothers, men & women

Lana Del Rey - Norman F Rockwell

fathers without their mothers

i mean, fathers without their wives
burdens heavy on a daughter's shoulders
are burdens a mother had her whole life

fathers without their mothers
are fathers without forgiving wives 
if i had to scale the mountain and put you across, 

id rather you just book a flight

fathers without their mothers
fathers and their unfortunate wives
cleaning up after you, grumbling, crying
until their work appeases you, they cannot look alive

men without women

women loving men

men fawning over other women

women forgiving men

men will find all the reasons to leave

and women will still find spaces to keep them;

i loved a man once, twice and then a third,

but after the fourth, it was clear; men will always just be men. 

~ ៷