the smothered child

sadly some children
never grow up. they are smothered
and loved
obsessively
to the point where they can never
leave their nest.
their wings are cut,
their spirit dampened by
the parent's fears
and needs
to keep them at home.
they grow old before their
time.
stuck without a path,
a reason,
a life of their own. in
time the parents will
pass on,
and the shell of their child
will linger in shadows,
clueless and alone.