Photograph by Caleb Jones
Holding
by E.E Curtis
I hold it away so sparks won’t burn you
Sweet child
Some days life will harm you
I can’t keep it away
Can’t always protect
But my love
I’ve been building up within you
since before you were born
So in times of need it can be
your fortress
a giant bear hug
Life is a beautiful and exciting fireworks show
But smoke will come
And sparks can burn
I can’t always hold it away.
But I can hold you.
Dedicated to the victims and contemplators of suicide.
I wrote this poem on a day I found out a young person at my children's school had committed suicide. Suicide touches so many of our lives and one heartbreaking thing about it is that most of us are loved more than we know.
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