"Little One" (Patreon)

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

“Little One”

Why do you wait for me? You were braver than you had to be. Little one in a too-big performance, expectations simultaneously among the clouds and scraping the bottom of the world. What do you cling to? You were stronger than me at thirty-two. Tiny girl with a heart the size of mountains, heavy as the sea. Head grounded in the sky, looking to what could be instead of what was. You overlooked what I hold onto. You survived what suffocates me. Your perseverance mocks my weakness, but it wasn’t your fault. Your lack of freedom chose for you. My abundance of freedom drowns me in what it did to you.