Close-Minded Instead
I suppose this is what
Happens when I show you
What has gone through my
Heart and has touched my soul.
A story that you should
Already know.
One of names and games
Played at the expense
Of a child who had
The misfortune
Of being born
At the wrong time and date.
He speaks of a branch
Grown on the wrong tree,
And if nothing else,
I thought,
This would be the story
That would speak to you,
For you are the branch.
But right now,
I feel as if it’s me.
Because when he is
Done
And the screen is blank
All you can say is
Okay
And that you are confused.
But how,
I don’t know.
Have you been called
Too many 4 letter words
Starting with the 3rd character
By a daughter who should already
Know better?
When you turned off
Your heart
To the feelings she caused
Did you close off
Your mind as well?
This is the point
Where I realize
It’s not you that I
Am mad or disappointed
In, but
Myself
For thinking that
You could see why
This is important
To me.
Maybe I’m the
Close-minded one
Instead.
Copyright © Kara Mclain | Year Posted 2013
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