ALLEGORY Poem: Olive Branch, by Ashley Dryden

I snuck my hand through my sleeve
And as I saw you sitting in the heat
I reached out an olive branch
But you smacked it away
And laughed at me
And mocked me
As you skipped right on back to her
And she proceeded to beat you, to shame you,
To humiliate you with all her might
As she soaked in the sunlight
And you withered in the coldness of the shade
But I came back and extended again
And I understood that you loved her
And I tried to be a bit more understanding of you
As I furthered my position with a second olive branch
Because you mean everything to me
And because I know that this isn’t your fault
And because I know that she’s your mom
And you look up to her
And I looked up to you
Like I have my whole life
And you looked at me, baffled and confused
As you smacked it away again
And you mocked me once more
As I fell backwards into the dirt
Why are you like this
Can’t you see for once
That she’s abusing you

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