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When a single mother breaks down

My child,
You sleep so peacefully;
But my heart is broken.
The dating scene is so cruel to single mothers.

Today I broke up with him.
I broke up with the man that I thought would be my husband,
The man I thought he would love both you and me.
It turns out it wasn't meant to be.

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