The child calls,
sweetly, softly
let’s go, please, I’m asking quietly
the woman
shaking her head,
says no,
I must finish.
The child calls,
yearning, longing
let’s play,
I have something important to show you,
and I have something important to say
the woman,
furrowed brow
replies no,
not today.
The child calls,
isn’t it time for me?
the woman, the mother
tight lips her
response,
my time isn’t free.
The child cries
please listen
the mother
not now
not now
in a minute,
you’ll see
but
never comes
the minute,
the minute
it never comes,
the child just
needs a minute
and the woman, the mother
she says no
again,
again she says it
until
the child,
her child
no longer calls.
This makes me so sad. I am guilty.
We are all a bit guilty… I do believe that children need to understand that they can’t have all of our attention all of the time… But they do deserve some of our attention, most of the time. ❤️