I found out that a friend, divorced last year,
Had his girlfriend move in a few months later.
I absorbed this news and enjoyed the party,
But as I drove home, I was deeply troubled.
This was a new kind of grief,
Where I felt such compassion for his almost two decades
Of challenging marriage, for the deep hurt
That would drive a person to pursue a life
In contradiction to his professed former beliefs.
I grieved for his parents, his children. I groaned to God.
This felt like the right response,
As I drove home through the sunlit green trees.
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