May 19, 2017 Original Poetry

Dramatic Play
©May 19th, 2017
By Vijaya Sundaram

When a child falls down,
And you cannot catch him,
How do you restore trust?

Not to fear, says his mother
He’s a child.  He will forget.
Look!  He’s running around.
He’s not hurt.  He’ll forget, you’ll see.

You nod and feel comforted, briefly.

Then it hits you, and you think
Ah, but you see, I cannot.

A child’s tears are liquid thorns
That catch your skin.
You can pull out sadness,
But you bleed.

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