Damage

~

when a child falls down

we pick it up,

not just our own child

any child,

damage is damage

after all, 

we dust clothes

dab cut knees

wipe bloody noses,

when a child grows

to adulthood the damage 

is not as easy to see,

self-pride having

bandaged the wounds 

and threadbare humour 

used to mask the pain,

our children will 

always be our children, 

no matter what, keep 

them close, watch them,

damage is damage

after all

*

© Graham R Sherwood 10/25