"Big Bully" (poem)

~ Big Bully ~

He’s big and strong,

With all his five-year-old might

He pushes, and the Angel soars and laughs

Demanding, “HIGHER!”

 Both are happy. 

 Then

An angry force

Comes down and pulls him hard

Away from happiness, the swing, the girl

That sits wide-eyed, wings folded,

Flying no more.

He cries.

A lesson learned:

Do not be kind, don’t dare be happy

Or

You’ll have to pay.

I hope he’s strong enough

To disobey,

The chance is slim,

For even if it hurts,

If Mama tells him so,

That must be right.

Live for the Love of it,

The Happy Amateur