A Home In Pieces Poem by Ezio Olubelleau

A girl and her mother—
Who can say which is better?
One left her man,
The other bedded another.

A girl and her mother—
Who can tell who wears
The mask better?
One cries unjustly,
The other hides behind lies.

A wife and her husband—
Who can say which is sickened?
One fled with her baggage,
The other brought strangers
To his daughter's room.

A daughter, a mother, a father—
I cannot say which is better,
But I know a broken home
When I see one.