Bao Poem Silent Narrative.

The mother loves dumplings and her son so much that she sees him as her own.  

As her dumplings and him are her own beautiful creation.  

As all good things don’t last forever this includes the bond between her and her son. 

Son loved her a lot and so did she love him too. 

They did everything together. 

She fed him too. 

At the bakery, at home, with delicious foods and pastries.  

One day son wanted to play with the other kids, but his mother feared he might get kicked.  

He expressed his frustration with great anger and silence.  

He didn’t understand why.  

Mother loved him and cared for him deeply.  

He was unable to see she just wanted him safe.  

She saw him as her most beloved prized.  

One day her little dumpling son came home with a new girlfriend. 

Mother was stunned with shock. 

Her little dumpling seemed to grow so fast but in her eyes, he’s still her baby. 

She was desperate for her little baby back she ate him in frustration. 

She cried as she was losing her son she thought. 

She whimpered and cried as he was all grown up. 

A knock on her door to her confusion as to who it may be as she had laid in bed. 

It was her son with dumplings to feast on. 

She once saw him as her little dumpling, but now she sees him as her all-grown-up son. 

Once a child in her eyes is now a man. 

This cheered up the mother greatly as they would spend time together again. 

She taught the son’s girlfriend how to make her signature dumplings. 

The resentment she once had towards her was now filled with love. 

She understood that her son was all grown up and was ready to accept that.  

As she loved him greatly and he did too he is all grown up ready for his life’s journey. 

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