Face the Fact that You Are Still a Child
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Face the fact that you are still a child -- Older, yes, of course, but a child still, Remembered, valued, loved unceasingly Though far away and wholly on your own. Years pass, yet that identity remains. So you may recall how once we smiled Each time you tested out your fledgling will, Voicing an assumed authority Eventually becoming yours alone. Nor can one tell the losses from the gains. Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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