how heavy is your heart today?
the same weight of sliced fruit.
TEN.
parents, listen.
no child
should receive an apology
in a form of
cut fruits,
nor extra snacks that they
once mentioned that
they liked,
or a simple
"dinner's ready,"
how can parents
cruelly pick up
their relationship
with their child
wherever they left off
after just
breaking their child's
heart.
how can they
nonchalantly
re-enter your
space
just because the argument had ended
a few minutes prior
how can they expect their child
to learn self-respect,
set boundaries,
and differentiate
apologetic behavior from
avoidance of future conflict,
when they've been treated
like an easy
walk-over
their entire
life?
no child
should
eat cut fruit
while crying.
the mixture of
sugar
and salt
was never meant
to be indulged
in such a way.
YOU ARE READING
hold my heart.
Poetrywill you hold my heart? rini's heart could one day weigh of gold the rock solid material gravitating your shoulders low, or the next, weigh of feathers because her touch was nearly alike.
