That child is gone,
Those were the words you said.
I just stood there, frozen still,
More than grief or any pain,
A truth I couldn’t accept came rushing in my head.

A sorrow tears my chest apart and spills,
A bitter scent, worse than nausea, fills the air.
I held that child’s lifeless body close,
If only that could ease this pain,
If only it had been that simple somehow.

The fights between you and me kept growing,
We always cursed and tore each other down.
If that child were here, it wouldn’t be like this,
Happiness and sorrow don’t align,
That’s what you taught me in the end,
And slowly, we could no longer forgive.

We drowned in regret again and again,
Believing someday we’d forget.
An endless, hell-like suffering,
And waves of tears that never pulled away.
After all the blame we threw at each other,
All that remained in both of us
Was a grief that would never fade.

The fights between you and me kept growing,
We always cursed and tore each other down.
If that child were here, it wouldn’t be like this,
Happiness and sorrow don’t align,
That’s what you taught me in the end,
And at last, we chose to die together.

And in the end,
All that remained in the room
Was a smiling family photo in a frame.