Clean up your room

[Sabriel]

you have got to clean up this place
I said
I could barely get in the door

yes, I know, my daughter agreed
cheerfully
it looks like a

hurricane

hit it,
doesn't it?

I looked down at the
destruction
eddying around my feet
the unicorn rug
strewn with
bodies
plastic ponies, Playmobil people
piled
in careless heaps

and 10 days of tears
made their way out
sliding down
10 days of pictures
10 days of frustration
10 days of horror
sliding down
hitting my daughter

as she wrapped
her strong arms
around my waist

whispering I'll clean it up right away Mom
I'm sorry I made you cry

I'm so sorry

[loudestchick]

1. Now, you've made me cry. Hug her tight for me, too.

[Chalco]

2. Beautiful. Tears. Crying.