Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

The Children Are the First To Understand

The selfish human
will either have to purposefully
look like poison ivy or poison sumac
which has betrayed a lot of people
or emit a feeling of a really nasty plant that has
scratched, penetrated,or thorned
many in another unpleasant way.

Otherwise, she will be trusted into
another wonderful family, spreading
her poison in the most angry of ways.
The children are the first to understand.
They expose the monster, but are not
believed at first, as humans have a natural
tendency to want to nurture and rescue their she-monsters.

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M. L. Kiser January 2, 2019 at 6:08 PM It's sad but some do really act out in ways that do more harm than good. In a perfect world, some could help these kids but, this world is not anywhere near perfect and neither are we humans. Caren Krutsinger January 3, 2019 at 12:12 AM True, but I have noticed the children are really difficult to fool. They expose the real "self" much quicker than adults can.