Episode 99 – The Weight of the World

I want to go home,
be a little girl 
again,
away from all this struggle,
see my mother,
see my father.  

A little girl again,
mud pies 
my only responsibility.
I want to go home.

Be their baby 
again,
held tightly 
in arms
that love me,

be protected 
from the pain of the world,
the smallest smudge
of guilt wiped clean.
I like it here
in the mind
of a child

where every day
I play.
Every day,
they love me.
As a child,
my life is sweet
like honeysuckle.

As an adult,
I wear this world
like a costume,
heavy and
tailored.

I want to go home 
again, 
be a little girl.