SILENT CHEERLEADER.

All these years

you hoped

my life had been full

you stayed connected enough

to hope my path

would make me happy

you hung in there

as a silent cheerleader

having once been me

you

watched your him

disrespect and deflect

you

tolerated and treated

the hurt

until death did you part

you loved me

while balancing

the duty of parent

and the shame of

betrayal

he and him

you knew

you hung in there

as a silent cheerleader

long after

having once been me

to guarantee

My life found

its

Sovereignty