(after being stopped after my day-care shift) Exhausted, overwhelmed, confused, up-set. As when a toddler bellows on the rug. So small and powerless, her needs unmet, she fights me, but I know she needs a hug. (My loving parents would have belted me or worse ignored my plight) Though she resists my arms encircle her. She can't get free. "When you relax, I'll let you go." She twists and bends and yet I know she craves restraint. She longs to know that someone's big enough and cares enough to answer her complaint. So we need others constant, careful, tough. "Thanks, officer, for making me slow down. Our town is safe. I'm safer in our town." Add a caption MY WARNING CITATION (after being stopped after my day-care shift) Exhausted, overwhelmed, confused, up-set. As when a toddler bellows on the rug. So small and powerless, her needs unmet, she fights me, but I know she needs a hug. (My loving parents would have belted me or worse ignored my plight) Though she resists my arms encircle her. She can't get free. "When you relax, I'll let you go." She twists and bends and yet I know she craves restraint. She longs to know that someone's big enough and cares enough to answer her complaint. So we need others constant, careful, tough. "Thanks, officer, for making me slow down. Our town is safe. I'm safer in our town."

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