Photo by cottonbro
Teenager
What are you thinking?
How was your day?
Are you happy or sad?
Do you love God today?
Do you have some questions
You might like to ask?
Are the answers painful?
Do you prefer a mask?
Am I bothering you
With my pleading eyes?
Impatient waiting, and
Nagging cries?
Where did you go?
Are you running from me?
Are you trying to live
Independently?
Talk to me son,
About anything, please.
Chit-chat is better than
This silence disease.
Words are needful,
Beautiful, good,
When sent with love,
And understood.
“I love you,” “Yes,”
“Thank you,” and “Please,”
Verbal salve—
Are all of these.
Explaining, joking,
Praising and more
are gifts of caring—
What we’re made for.
Please open the gate,
Unlock the door.
Release your heart,
Click on “restore.”
© 2015 gratefulsue