The thing is, if you leave the baby to cry
the baby will never stop crying. Sure,
you will eventually hear a silence,
and at some point the baby will fall asleep,
but the crying never really stops.
The baby grows up, goes to school and gets
a job, all the while crying in the deep recesses
of its brain. The baby will learn to stifle the tears
and muffle the pain, yes, but the crying
will never truly go away. Hey – why not
pick up the baby now, the one you’ve left to cry
for so long it hurts the both of you? Tell the baby
it’s OK, it’s OK, those parenting experts
made a mistake: you don’t need to cry forever.
You don’t need to cry forever.
Joshua Seigal
