I love you, sweetheart.
I promise to take care of you, always.
That is why
you need to be quiet and listen
you don’t get to have an opinion.
You cannot be trusted to take care of yourself.
You would starve if left on your own.
You are not quick enough, strong enough
and besides,
right does not have to explain itself to wrong.
Enough already
You made your bed.
Put your sneakers on, we have work to do.
And remember, I love you.
Now kiss me.
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C. S. De Dona
Author, Poet, Photographer, domestic violence survivor, and naturalized immigrant, Cornelia is currently an Arts and Letters member of The Southwest Florida Branch of The National League Of American Pen Women.
Cornelia lived in Kaneohe, Hawaii, for thirty-six years. Also, seven years in the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York. She now resides in North Fort Myers, Florida.
Her poems and photography are published in print, online, and in Rain Bird, a literary and art journal of the University of Hawaii's Windward Community College (2008-2013).
In 2013, Cornelia received Rain Bird's Kolokolea Poetry Prize for her poem, "Speaking French."
In 2016, her chapbook "Hawaiian Time," entered in the National League of American Pen Women's Vinnie Ream contest, was awarded third place in their inaugural multi-discipline category.
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