As a result of their parents' divorce, the child is torn between two worlds. They can't help but wonder why their parents are no longer able to love each other as a result of this loneliness consumes them and they yearn for their other parent.

“Two houses, two homes, two kitchens, two phones,

Two couches where I lay, two places that I stay,

Moving, moving here and there, from Monday to Friday I'm everywhere,

Don't get me wrong, it's not that bad

But often times it makes me sad,

I want to live that nuclear life,

With a happy dad and his loving wife,

A picket fence, a shaggy dog,

A fireplace with a burning log,

But it's not real, it's just a dream,

I cannot cry or even scream,

So here I sit with cat number three,

Life would be easy if there were two of me.”

A written by Meghan Markle in 12th grade expressing her emotions in a very simple but soul touching poem.