Saturday, March 20, 2021

life isn't fair

it isn't fair
the child says, as the mother
refuses
to give in
to sweets.
and the pattern is set.
life
isn't fair
from birth to death.
we don't get
what we want,
not always.
so we pout, we wish
for more than
we were meant to have.
growing up is hard.
staying a child,
isn't.

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