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I'm Me! Can't you see?

by Stephen W Atkinson

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Do not forget who I was -

Who I am!

I awoke in the womb

Then moved to a pram!

I learned how to toddle

Then stumble 

Then walk

Then, as my parents found out

I learned how to talk…

And talk!

I laughed in the sunshine 

Made daisy chains too

 

Does anyone recognise 

This person in you?

 

In teenage years 

There came the drama

As my parents tried to...

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