Hauling out the old words

[ailbhe]

http://ailbhe.livejournal.com/608880.html

Don't be strong, you mothers.
Scream for help. Be weak.
There in the strength of others
You will find the peace you seek.
Don't be strong, you mothers.
Cry out, cry long, cry loud -
Don't stand all alone with your baby
Weeping unheard in the crowd.
Don't be strong, you mothers.
Don't waste your strength on this.
Reach out, let others help you.
That's what they want. It is.

Comments

[pauamma]

OK, I can't tell whether this is sarcasm, personal experience, or both, and I've reached the limit of what I think I can reasonably read into that poem anyway, so I think it's time for me to bail out of that discussion (and consider whether I should have stepped in at all).