A/N: For the Camp Potter Challenge (Arts and Crafts). This is a little out of my comfort zone, as it's only the second freeverse I've written, but I hope you enjoy it all the same! Thanks to Rochelle (slightlysmall) for her help. :)
you \rock/ him to sleep
your [[little one]]
hush, hush,
you tell him over his 'c'r'i'e's'
everything will be okay
.
but you have no idea if that's true
WAR #w#a#g#e#s#
))all around you((
and you're
((isolated))
you can't even leave the house
your *fate* lies in the hands of others
.
they're your friends
you shouldn't worry
(they'd do anything for you.)
but you can't stand it
feeling so...
((useless))
.
~in the mirror~
you can see that you're
...::wasting away::...
premature -l-i-n-e-s- sinking into your face
because worrying is all there is for you to do
alldayeveryday
and it's wearing.. you... out...
(when will it end?)
.
your
empty words
are comfort enough for him, though
(even if not for yourself)
your little one ~sleeps on~
innocent to all the \D/E\S/T\R/U\C/T\I/O\N/
that's happening
]]outside these four walls[[