when you were little
if you fell
they would ask you where it hurts
you would point to
your knees, your arm, or and elbow.
and they would make it better.
but you notice
as you get older,
if you fall,
they do not ask you where it hurts.
you sit silently in your room.
waiting for someone to ask you
where is hurts.
pointing to your head and your heart.
because that is where pain
hurts the most
but nobody makes it better.
