her

he did leave me
and her
and life would be really quite different
if there wasn't any anger

but instead she'll use words that hammer into my better half
and respond to a fight with a full glass
of ice, whiskey, and sadness

regret, you know?

love doesn't cloud my perception too much where he is concerned
and so i'm left with a little less faith in him and a little more in her
a little less faith in the whole human race
and a bit more belief in all i know for sure,
which isn't much.
but it is enough.