꧁⚜️꧂ 𝓢𝓵𝓸𝔀 𝓒𝓱𝓲𝓵𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓷 𝓐𝓽 𝓟𝓵𝓪𝔂 ꧁⚜️꧂

꧁⚜️꧂ 𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓓𝓪𝓶𝓷 𝓢𝓲𝓰𝓷 ꧁⚜️꧂ You should've read the sign. Slow... Children... At play. You said what you said in that careless little way Like words don't leave a mark when you throw them at a child that way You saw a smaller shadow and thought you stood up tall Funny how the biggest mouths can make the smallest hearts feel small The road kept running The water kept its shine Nobody made a sound Nobody crossed a line Not yet. Something in the current shifted underneath And every little ripple started moving underneath me You probably thought that was the end of it Said what you wanted then turned and walked away But some things don't forget just because you do And some things start moving when you make somebody hurt Step back, bitch You don't know what you stirred You thought they were just words Baby, words can be heard Step back, bitch You should've watched your mouth You don't get to cut a child then casually walk out I ain't gonna hurt you I don't need to lay a hand I'm just gonna let the weight of what you did become something you understand Step back, bitch Go on, keep walking You picked the wrong damn one without ever knowing what was watching Down by the water a school changed direction One silver body turned then another followed next No panic No warning No splashing in the blue Just hundreds moving quietly like they already knew You kept on going like nothing had occurred But the current wasn't random and neither were those turns A little colder at your ankles A little different in the air A feeling you can't name like something knows you're there You look behind you. Nothing. Look again. Still nothing. Funny how a warning can look so damn plain Black letters on white and still get ignored all the same SLOW CHILDREN AT PLAY You passed it like a sentence meant for somebody else You should've read the damn sign. Step back, bitch You don't know what you stirred You thought they were just words Baby, words can be heard Step back, bitch You should've watched your mouth You don't get to cut a child then casually walk out I ain't gonna hurt you I don't need to lay a hand I'm just gonna let the weight of what you did become something you understand Step back, bitch Go on, keep walking You picked the wrong damn one without ever knowing what was watching Shhh... Listen. No screaming. No sirens. No footsteps coming after you. Just water. And that little sign still standing by the road. Slow children at play. You thought it was telling you how fast to drive. It wasn't. It was telling you to slow the fuck down. The child is somewhere safe now where your words can't reach But words have strange little ways of hanging underneath They settle in a memory They hide inside a doubt They whisper questions later when everybody else walks out So no... I won't let you turn that into something they deserve I won't let your cruelty become the voice they hear And I won't become cruel just because you chose to be I'll stay exactly where I am and let you answer to what you did You don't know the water. You don't know the road. You don't know the silence. You don't know what moved. You don't know what noticed. You don't know what followed. And you don't need to. All you need to know is this: That little heart was never yours to break. That little voice was never yours to silence. And that line was never yours to cross. SLOW CHILDREN AT PLAY You should've read the damn sign Some warnings whisper Some warnings bite Step back, bitch And think about what you said I ain't gonna hurt you But you'll wish you'd never disrespected my child You don't know the water You don't know the road You don't know the silence You don't know what moved SLOW CHILDREN AT PLAY Read the damn sign ꧁⚜️꧂ 𝓢♥𝓟 ꧁⚜️꧂