Ode to the child

I'm not sure what to answer

when my stepson asks 

why we can't all live together

him
me

his dad

and his mother

I don't know what to say

when he tells me and his dad
that he is afraid that we are going to fight
beacuse if we do

we are going to get divorced

I admire all the children

who has been in the middle of a divorce

all those kids who
somehow

survived
it

I admire how they adjust

living in two homes

two worlds

that sometimes

is totally different from each other

I understand
sometimes

you get it wrong

sometimes
you did all you could

but
still can't be happy together

I understand that divorce

is sometimes the best choice

But I also see this little kid

who never asked for any of it

who just happened to be

in the middle

of
a
big

bloody

mess

Thank you
love/Mom