Every time I left the house
\nwent to a restaurant
\nor a store
\nI’d hold their hands<\/p>\n
It wasn’t weird
\nI was little
\nI liked it
\nAll was right in my world<\/p>\n
It gave me reassurance
\nthat I knew where they were
\nand where I stood in their lives<\/p>\n
How was I to know
\nthat someday they
\nwould take the decision
\nout of my hands
\nWhere are you mom and dad?<\/p>\n
Looked down at my hands
\nand no one’s holding them
\nwhat is going on?
\nHello?<\/p>\n
Mommy? Daddy?
\nWhere are you?
\nI can’t see you!
\nand I am so so scared<\/p>\n
We’re over here honey
\nCome find us-
\nyou’re fine<\/p>\n
I can hear you
\nbut I don’t see you
\nI’m starting to cry<\/p>\n
Started looking at other
\npeople and well- none
\nof them match
\nWait! There! I saw her<\/p>\n
Running, I’ve found her
\nGrabbing her hand and huffing my
\nsatisfaction that I have indeed found her
\nOnly to have her take her hand away once
\nmore<\/p>\n
You don’t always have
\nto hold my hand
\nHoney-
\nI’m not always going to be
\naround to hold yours or
\ncomfort you.<\/p>\n
If I had only known.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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