the nurse cared for me more of a mom
I almost mistook signals and hugged her,
almost let the 8-year-old me take over–
she thought the mother she longed for was finally there
A shame, huh?
but don't worry,
I've practiced being practical…
memorized the words they wanted to hear,
"It hurts here in heart, but only fairly. I have trouble sleeping at night, but very rarely."
then it goes, "Do this– do that, drink this, don't eat those"
The nurse cares for my mental health,
she's always here, my mom
The other one curses at my mental health,
she has not healed yet, a mom
YOU ARE READING
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Poetry𝑰 𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒕; 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒚... 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕. A collection of poems...
