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Mandy Holland "The Dotted, Yellow Line"

Different beds with different parents.

One home couldn't hold the erupting emotions.

White house and a father.

Yellow house and a mother.

Love enough for me in the combination,

but still the notion of a family lost.

Smiles all around for the torn child:

devastation is not an option.

Memories help in such a change;

neither parent loves me any less.

Turning wheels and a dotted, yellow line

determine the unwanted future

Two homes, two lives, one child.