The Boy Who Cried Wolf


He felt his feet get heavy and his footsteps, more audible. It hadn't been the first time he stepped into a hospital, even though the feeling felt so different. He stepped up before the man, and said his hellos. He knew there'd be no reaction but its the thing that all of us humans do. Negligence before knowledge. He tried again, to say his hellos. No avail. One moment he knew the world, the next, he knew nothing. The man was not the person he thought him to be on this day and the fear grew. But negligence saved his cause as he headed on home.

He felt his heart get heavy and the silence, more deafening. It hadn't been the first time he disappointed her. He knew that though this time it felt unreasonably different. The pain was more, the regret mounting. He stepped up before his mother and said his hellos. He knew there'd be no reaction but its the thing all of us humans do. Negligence before knowledge. He tried again to say his hellos. No avail. But he knew she was there so he spoke anyway. After all, she was his mother.

"In the time that she is troubled, i do nothing to assure her. I do not help, neither do i seek to understand. I leave her to herself at most times, that being a mistake on my part. I do not deserve her, yet i want her. I want to change and now i know how, but mother, oh mother, this is like the boy who cried wolf. Like the story you told me, like the story with you and i; that i should have taken my chances. I do not understand her stress and i add to her loneliness. I am her pillar, but i fail to be it. she needed me to be there, yet i never was. She needed someone to talk to , yet that person, i never was. She needed someone to understand her stress and take it away, but i never did. She was supposed to be happy with me, but i made her alone. I know now mother, i do. But please don't make this, the boy who cried wolf for i know the person i ought to be."

And then the fear grew, Inevitably. But negligence saved his cause.