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