Coronation
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volcano in my soul
its always there
just below the surface
even when I don’t want it too
it bubbles up
waiting
even if the ground is solid
cool and strong
no matter how i try to temper it
followed by guilt
its there
failure to control
a failure to change
i said to myself
“You’re better than this”
and yet…
there it is
a genetic structure i can’t undo
no matter how hard I try
no matter what mask I put on
its always there
for a crack
a chance to burst up
to explode
a volcano in my soul
One Day
he hated when my belt pushed against him in the womb
and then one day he was grown
he screamed so loud when he was born he went to the NICU
and then one day he was grown
he refused bottles at daycare because he wanted me to nurse
and then one day he was grown
he learned to walk and rawr
in the same week
and then one day he was grown
he scrapped both knees
called his bandaids stickers
and then one day he was grown
he fell asleep after five minutes in the car but wouldn’t sleep in his crib
and then one day he was grown
he was obsessed with dinosaurs and Paw Patrol
and then one day he was grown
he was so brave on his first day of school while I bawled
and then one day he was grown
he is thirsty for knowledge when it’s something he loves
and then one day he’ll be grown
he is so wild and exhausting and full of life
and then one day he’ll be grown
he still needs me to sit with him at night when he gets scared
and then one day he’ll be grown
he still says he loves me every once in a blue moon
and then one day he’ll be grown.
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