BURN DOWN THE INTERNET AND PLANT FLOWERS WHERE IT USED TO BE ❋ June Gehringer

My ex babysits this kid who
has trouble with the words “you”
and “I”. When he is scared, and just
wants someone
to be with him, when he wants you
to hold him until he falls asleep,
he pleads:
“hold you, hold you, hold you,”
until you do.

I’m not sure how much of
a poem it makes, but I want
to be
like that boy.