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When I Grew Up Too Fast
Everything terrified me
I wasn't the adult
Why am I the one who's in charge now?
My mom won't listen
She won't see
She's there but also not
No one can talk to her
She doesn't do what she used to
So I do
I woke up one day wearing my mothers clothes
And my mom woke up with mine
The clothes didn't fit
We were both confused
And scared
Only partially by choice
We filled each others rolls
I did the laundry
And she sat confused
Eventually it crashed
We weren't fit to be each other
She broke
There was nothing we could do
So we sent her away for a little while
She did come back
And she seemed back to normal
But everything changed for me
I was always worried
Always on edge
Waiting for her to fall again
Unable to think of myself a child
Unable to be an adult
My mom was back
But I wasn't
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This comes from a personal experience when I was younger that changed me forever. It stems from the feelings I held inside about what happened even though if I had not hidden them people would have helped me. I hope it shows people that they don't need to hide their feelings, people care about you, you don't need to shoulder it all.