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VIDEO GAMES
Video games killed
The morning cuddle with mom
Did not see it happening
This quickly
Loving soft arms replaced
By red and gold controllers
Whispers of I love you
Switched into longing requests
More screen time
And growls when met with
Unintended answers
How to drive your mother
Completely crazy
Disappear into the moving image
She is right here
Physical not virtual
In this desperate time
Of connection
Somehow still not enough
The morning cuddle with mom
Did not see it happening
This quickly
Loving soft arms replaced
By red and gold controllers
Whispers of I love you
Switched into longing requests
More screen time
And growls when met with
Unintended answers
How to drive your mother
Completely crazy
Disappear into the moving image
She is right here
Physical not virtual
In this desperate time
Of connection
Somehow still not enough
Published 20th Apr 2021
Author's Note
VIDEO GAMES topic offered by my son Auryn
All writing remains the property of the author. Don't use it for any purpose without their permission.
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23rd Apr 2021 3:10pm
Oh man I feel this. I’m so emotional right now, so excuse my sentimentality. I love this piece. As a mom there is always a period of our children pulling away, but they always come back to the comfort, and that is in and of itself a deep comfort.
23rd Apr 2021 4:59pm
I love those emotional moments- I always try to milk them for poetry lol. But seriously being a parent is intense. Thank you E
