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Ladder
I remember how mom and dad used to hold me
when I climbed the ladder for a slide
and I'd say I can climb it alone.
No hands are visible to me now
to hold and share
all the things that hurt me
and how it feels like to be stuck.
I used to talk a lot they say
when I was small,
Maybe I'm still small and the voice
in my head speaks too much
and it ate my words also.
I don't wish to be a child again as well
because I don't want to climb again
the same steps that hurt me.
Some ladders you have to climb alone
in life but maybe a conversation helps,
"Papa!"
"But this time I'll help you to climb all
the ladders that we see and don't."
© Pranjal 11
when I climbed the ladder for a slide
and I'd say I can climb it alone.
No hands are visible to me now
to hold and share
all the things that hurt me
and how it feels like to be stuck.
I used to talk a lot they say
when I was small,
Maybe I'm still small and the voice
in my head speaks too much
and it ate my words also.
I don't wish to be a child again as well
because I don't want to climb again
the same steps that hurt me.
Some ladders you have to climb alone
in life but maybe a conversation helps,
"Papa!"
"But this time I'll help you to climb all
the ladders that we see and don't."
© Pranjal 11
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