©️ Eniyans Poetry ✨️
Presence Over Presents

Emotional presence and connection–
are needed in a child's life.
Material gifts can't replace
the time,
the attention
that a child needs to feel loved and valued.

When was the last time you looked—
really looked—into their eyes?
Not just to check,
but to see.
To hear.
To feel the world they carry.

Many have wounded their children silently—
taught them to sit with shadows,
to embrace the dark as comfort,
to swallow their truths whole.
You've drawn them into the shadow of your absence,
into a silence no child should be made to know.

This is not parenting–
it's emotional abandonment,
it's silent neglect,
it's love postponed until it no longer beats,
nor knows how to.

Parents–
reassess your priorities,
reconnect,
revive what has been lost.
Don’t let your absence
be the first to teach them how to carry loneliness.