Why?

Why, she asks,
did he leave?
Why, she asks,
did he leave me?
Why, she asks,
did he leave me and the children?
We had a family.
Why, she asks,
did he change?
Why, she asks,
did he change after 30 years?
Why, she asks,
did he change to have a new mistress?
We were a family.
Why, she asks,
couldn't he talk?
Why, she asks,
couldn't he talk to me?
Why, she asks,
couldn't he talk to his children?
We would have been there for him.
Why, she asks,
did he buy the house?
Why, she asks,
did he say he wanted the house too?
Why, she asks,
did he all of a sudden change and we did not see it?
We could have worked it out.
Why, she asks,
do I still love him?
Why, she asks,
do the kids still love him?
Why, she asks,
does he destroy our family after 30 years?
Why? she asks.