#protectiveness
you always ask me to open up your water bottle because it’s too sealed;
you always ask me to take off that one part of your clarinet because it’s too fastened;
you always ask me to carry your bags because they’re too heavy.
but once i do any of those things,
i do it as if it’s nothing;
the bottle being the easiest thing i could ever open,
that one clarinet part just needing a little bit of twisting,
your bags as light as a feather.
it made me realize how weak you truly are—
not in a way to bully you,
but rather in way that makes me want to protect you,
to keep you safe
from every single harm that comes your way
whether it be the biggest of storms
or the slightest drizzle in the sky.
Dec 4, 2025
Dec 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM UTC
They make their way surely through a jungle,
Helped by you, the progenitor not just of youth
But of their passing off into a mist.
You will not see it coming, though you will feel it.
You will not be told the date of departure
And it will descend upon you like a frontal storm.
They will have unseemly goals, toward which they strive,
And you will see mistakes but can say nothing.
And if you dare speak, will not be heard.
So they, like mariners of old, venture onto fog-bound seas,
With half-built ships and dreams of gold
That outweigh whatever you might say.
Yet sometime, on the least expected day
They will return to the same land as you,
Hesitant to speak about what they’ve learned.
And many things that they say and do
(Embarrassed versions of you),
Trouble them with a newfound weight
Carrying experience through a gate
And you say, “Stay a while.”
For you can never knew if they only rest,
On their trip to further lands.
Or, without knowing, intend to bide,
And someday cease to roam.
All you can do is hold out your hand
And tell them, “Welcome home.”
Aug 9, 2018
Aug 9, 2018 at 7:25 AM UTC
Kiss my salty tears away
Hold me so that i feel protected from harm
Let me slumber in your loving arms with your whispering caress
The soft breeze of the ebony night comforts me
in my sleep tonight
Mar 15, 2016
Mar 15, 2016 at 5:45 PM UTC