Today at school
My four year old son
Fell off the monkey bars
And split his bottom lip.
My husband
Sped to school
As quickly as he could
And brought my son
To the hospital.
Five stitches.
Five stitches to sew up
His tiny lip.
The same sweet lips
That blew me a kiss goodbye
Just this morning.
And now
In a hotel hundreds of miles away
I’m left to just imagine
My little boy’s
Stitches.
Five stitches,
Holding together
His kisses.
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