What did you expect

Why did you leave me?

Crying on the floor

Tears pouring down my cheeks

Where did you go?

Said you'd be back in an hour

but it was longer.

Why did you make me come here?

They don't understand me

my screams go unheard.

When are you coming back?

I don't think I can make it much longer

These walls are a prison not a sanctuary.

Hours have passed, or was it days?

You came back for me

found me curled up on the ground.

Why am I crying?

It's the first day of preschool.

You left me on the linoleum floor with

a teacher who won't let me go to the bathroom alone.

What did you expect?