I wish - (the child talking)

 

I WISH(the child talking)

I wish I could believe

the words

you say

Then I hear

the words of yesterday

You didn’t know me then

You don’t know me now

I wish I believed that

hurt won’t happen

again

but I know it will

I wish I believed in family

but I don’t

for there was always

them and us

but not me

I wish the child inside

never had learnt to hide

the tears deep inside

I wish

but wishing is just fantasy

not real

just me

the shadow of the past

Oh you may think this is about

me

then you never read my

poetry as other

than words

it is just a wish

or is it a heart talking

©meirmaat2023

And so he cried

 And so he cried

when no one could see him

he cried for a mother, a father, family

he cried why does no one love me

And so he cried as they all remembered his growing pains

he cried because he knew he was different

he cried wondering why he had been born

he cried where no one could see him nor hurt him any more

he cried for the scars on his body and his soul

he cried for the wounds that would not heal

he cried because no one understood

he cried because no one ever would

he cried for others just like him

who were crying still - just children really

no matter what their body may say

the children are still crying inside

the poet writes his words for them and for me

for while a single child is hurting

it is his duty

to be the page for the child who cried

(c)merimaat 2023