Parental Alienation Poem by Wu Wei

A devoted father for 18 years
Now a hollow shell
Slowly filled by the tears
Of forced separation
By an angry ex-bride
Using the children as weapons
To assuage her anger inside.

That I dared to call time
On the treatment from Hell
Of the man she was supposed to support
Through the bad times as well.

Access agreements
May as well be written in sand
As the primary carer has an unbeatable hand
Where the only punishment for breaking them is jail
But that would never be actioned
So legal action will cost but fail.

So the children grow scarred
Denied the fatherly love they long
Wondering why I abandoned them
What they did wrong.

I abandoned them, have a new life, won't pay money
They'll be told
As a means for control
To tighten her hold.

And so it continues until childhood is gone
Where bonds have been broken for far too long
Once childhood is over
And the emotional scars have been treated
We can only hope that the cycle ends there
Not to be repeated.

If love ripples calmly
Hate splashes mad
Each drop of spite drowns them
In hate for their dad.

I forgive her, I forgive her
But until she forgives me
So many lives will be blighted
So I must let it be.

It really doesn't matter
When, where or how
She may be stopping me being there now
But I can see that moment
When I hug them again
And love finally conquers
The hate and the pain.

You see, they don't know it now,
And won't until they are free
But fatherly love comes
With a lifetime guarantee.