Adding Adult to Injury

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(don't) Cry

(Photo credit: Pedro Klien)

Day 276 prompt: Softness

injured child
falls to the ground
clutching
crying
instinctively revealing
vulnerability
hoping someone will help

injured adult
stiffens to full height
stifling
denying
protectively concealing
vulnerability
hoping no one will notice

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