Lineage ( a Butterfly Cinquain)

I speak
I am not heard
I cry you do not care
I scream into deaf ears until
you're grown
you're grown
in frustration your tears fall
you scream into deaf ear
your child -like you
I smile
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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