dis·il·lu·sion·ment
noun
1. a feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be.
A middle-school boy
An insatiable appetite
for the written word
A sensitive boy
feeling deeply
Words are not just words
They are stories
Of pain
He reads
He feels
He experiences
He hurts
He sleeps
He forgets his lunch
He skips his homework
You see
homework doesn't matter
when you are facing
lies
injustice
suffering
through the eyes
of broken strangers
Perpetrator: fellow homo sapien
DISILLUSIONMENT
crashes down
hard
Books
News
Media
Life
Why aren't you doing your homework?
What's wrong with you?
Unmotivated
Lazy
Go to school
"Pain!"
Can we understand
without rushing in
To resolve
To fix
To take away
Removing the pain
removes opportunity
for growth
We don't mean to teach avoidance
We don't mean to teach dependence
But we do
So we bravely step back
with our hand to our mouth
We resist blame
and it's gradual destruction
We allow the pain
We provide space
for a child's integrity and courage
to emerge
in preparation
for disillusionments
that lie ahead
After the quiet
We teach that disillusionment
is a part of life
Reminding us of our humanity
Challenging our expectations
Beckoning us to forgive others
so we may forgive ourselves
He will choose his response.
Freeze with bitterness
or
transform into a more intricate version of himself
