there’s a child called Social Anxiety
- that i have partial custody of,
- that lives beside me for weeks on end.
- today, that child took a big breath
- and didn’t scream
- or fight
- or cry
- at being forced to
- smile,
- laugh,
- explain
- to the outside people
- for eight hours.
- is it wrong to want to give her a little badge of honor:
- “I survived a day.
- Not any special day,
- But a day made special because
- It was just a day.”?
- because i really
- really want to.
- she’s a brave little pudge.
