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Small enough to step on
Updated: Jul 1, 2020
By Molly-Mae
Don't step over my defeated body without so much as a glance
Please don't pick up a pint glass instead of me
My young eyes are my voice don't avoid them
Pet my head, tell me it's okay, admit your mistakes as a whisper in my ear
I won't understand but do it nonetheless
You didn't choose me and I don't understand that yet but want me
One day I'll think you're pitiful
But that day is not today
One day I won't need you.
The future holds no smiles for you so treasure them while they're still stamped on my face
Don't frown when I smile
Won't I dream of that frown later?
You don't know how easy I'll recoil
A brush of a loving hand on the cheek?
Flee
High and low I'll search for you in strangers
Doesn't the notion disrupt your slumber?
Do you dream about me staring at the bottom of a glass?
Aren't I the last puff of smoke?
Aren't I the last laugh?
No
For now
I'm small enough to step on
Keep me like that in your mind
Don't comprehend me grown.