Incomprehensible

No one ever told me
I was made to do anything.

Like those kids
picked out last in gym class.

I say it is fine 
and that nothing happened,
but inside I am seven again,
holding my mother's hand
and with eyes full of half-frozen tears
I ask her, why?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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June 26, 2020 at 1:20 PM
Very emotional and thought provoking Danka.
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