800 dollars

 

$800 can be groceries for a month
it can be a mortgage payment
it can be 2 new cars payments
it can be a credit card payment to keep you credit score in shape
it can be the material for a new roof for the house
it can be new windows or new carpet
it can be a new washer and dryer
it can be a vacation somewhere
it can be tuition or textbooks for a child in university
it can be a refurbished transmission for you old car
it can be for repairs for your AC unit when it blows up in the middle of the summer
it can be a down payment for a root canal and a new crown
it can be about 8 payments for orthodontia for a teen
it can be a small fortune during Black Friday
it can be Christmas presents for everyone in the family
it can be that “for a rainy day” money you wish you could set apart
it can be for any dreams that you have for your golden years…

But instead

it’s a monthly prize to someone who hurt you
it’s your proof that the judicial system in your country is a joke
it’s your link to a past that you want to forget
it’s the heavy chain that make you a prisoner to someone you don’t love
it’s the pain on your soul because you can’t fight it anymore
it’s your sentence for life even though you didn’t kill anybody
it’s that thing in your mind every time you get up and go to work
it’s the desperation that comes for the lack of control over a situation
it’s the rock and your are Sisyphus
it’s a cycle of pain-hopelessness – despair – anger -depression- pain…
it’s the unhappiness that become to define you
it’s the secret that only the closest people to you knows
it’s the guilt that society wants you to feel, so you suffer in silence
it’s the political double standard
it’s’ the topic that no “interest group” will fight for
it’s the sad reality that thousand of men and women and their families face every month: the payment of lifetime alimony