Why do I get the urge to cry whenever I see happy pictures of you as a child?
It’s like a sudden, overwhelming sadness hits me
Looking at the loss of innocence in your eyes as you grow older in the photos before me
This progressive loss strikes a chord deep within me for some reason
It makes me want to take the traumatized child I see in my arms
And tell him it’s gonna be okay and that I’m there to ensure no more harm will come to him
I want to let him know that he can be loved and that he is so much more than enough
I want to protect him from all the misery that I know he will have to face
But I know that I can’t do these things that I want to
I know that I can’t protect the past you
So I suppose that’s why I get the urge to cry when I see you smiling in old photographs
Because I know that that happy, momentary innocence is just that
Momentary.
Dec 28, 2017
Dec 28, 2017 at 2:18 PM UTC
Why do I get the urge to cry whenever I see happy pictures of you as a child?
It’s like a sudden, overwhelming sadness hits me
Looking at the loss of innocence in your eyes as you grow older in the photos before me
This progressive loss strikes a chord deep within me for some reason
It makes me want to take the traumatized child I see in my arms
And tell him it’s gonna be okay and that I’m there to ensure no more harm will come to him
I want to let him know that he can be loved and that he is so much more than enough
I want to protect him from all the misery that I know he will have to face
But I know that I can’t do these things that I want to
I know that I can’t protect the past you
So I suppose that’s why I get the urge to cry when I see you smiling in old photographs
Because I know that that happy, momentary innocence is just that
Momentary.
