Tough Love – Written Monday 14th August 2024 (Aged 49)

Tough Love

‘tough love’ –
that’s just –
one generations childhood fauna
these days –
we know it as childhood trauma

and when people reinforce these ideas
we know –
that a child
they were not encouraged to feel
or that feelings –
really made no sense
most likely made out to be nonsense

‘get over it’
is an adult response
that happens when a child is perceived –
to be asking for too much
an adult response devoid of emotional hugs

James Garratt – Monday 19th August 2024

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