how do you
brake
the news
to a child
that their only parent
is gone
?
here's one way
:
letting her
estranged villagefolk
who came to take her home
break
the news
at the schoolgate instead
.
because nobody prepared you to face
her
breaking voice
,
her
breaking down
,
as she tries to remain standing
in spite of her wobbly knees
;
as she struggles afloat though
her vision is drowning in tears
;
bothered breathing
,
sobbing and suffocating
;
and you watch
jaw dropped
hands shaking
mind numbed
because nothing prepared you for this
.
holding this
trembling soul
shaken and stirred
by the twists of fate
of having lost
her sole supporter
?
trying to
unbreak
herself
in her state of mind
of worrying about every single thing
of unpredictable uncertainties
---
then you start to realise
that she is no more prepared
than you are
.
nothing
prepared
me
for this
.
how do i
break
the news
to a child
that their only parent
is gone
?
---
written: 13/4/13
last edited: 3/12/13
99: they say it gets easier
as my hands
already overbr
imming
with half-
baked promises
and swOllen from the burden of
inc_mpl_t_ tasks
are faced with
LifteD
brows;
it gets easier, they say
as they
generously offer
MORE MORE MORE
of everything
without even *batting* an eyelash,
with a heapful of
words of enc(our)agement
like
l e t u s f i l l y o u i n
there's no better way to learn;
it gets easier, they say
but
There seems to be vicious creatures
TERRORIsing them in their homes
which are often called commITments,
but oh
"nothing for you to worry about,
pup
pet,
because commITments only
b
u
g
people who have
something called
LIFE
they say it gets easier,
"don't worry --
later
you can do the same to your juniors."
-
written: april '13
last edited: 021313
already overbr
imming
with half-
baked promises
and swOllen from the burden of
inc_mpl_t_ tasks
are faced with
LifteD
brows;
it gets easier, they say
as they
generously offer
MORE MORE MORE
of everything
without even *batting* an eyelash,
with a heapful of
words of enc(our)agement
like
l e t u s f i l l y o u i n
there's no better way to learn;
it gets easier, they say
but
There seems to be vicious creatures
TERRORIsing them in their homes
which are often called commITments,
but oh
"nothing for you to worry about,
pup
pet,
because commITments only
b
u
g
people who have
something called
LIFE
they say it gets easier,
"don't worry --
later
you can do the same to your juniors."
-
written: april '13
last edited: 021313
98: salty
yes, my affinity
towards an infinity
of salty droplets
is now towering over me,
beckoning to drown me.
the sea of love, after all,
is overflowing with tears.
but barely staying afloat as it is,
and with nowhere to go,
my eyes look up to the skies
as tears stream down my face
out of fear
out of desperation.
irrational, but unsurprising;
no choice but to accept being in a whirlpool of pain and anger
struggling against the current of deceit and confusion
all in the guise of life, normalcy and survival...
and as the raging body
of my tsunami of emotions start to fall;
as i stare at the dark and icy water waiting to engulf me,
i fear for my life
as i clutch my heart.
"where do i go from here?"
towards an infinity
of salty droplets
is now towering over me,
beckoning to drown me.
the sea of love, after all,
is overflowing with tears.
but barely staying afloat as it is,
and with nowhere to go,
my eyes look up to the skies
as tears stream down my face
out of fear
out of desperation.
irrational, but unsurprising;
no choice but to accept being in a whirlpool of pain and anger
struggling against the current of deceit and confusion
all in the guise of life, normalcy and survival...
and as the raging body
of my tsunami of emotions start to fall;
as i stare at the dark and icy water waiting to engulf me,
i fear for my life
as i clutch my heart.
"where do i go from here?"
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