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Your budding awareness

a flower you know 
we watch as you unfold 

mind’s thoughts climb 
as you grow 

through truths and lies 
adults hold

with time you realized 
the nuances passed by 

that branch in the road 
you decided to hold 

that beauty in the heart 
almost impossible in the dark 

that belief naive yet strong 
that kindness and truth 

had a weight 
after all

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â—„ Space + Age

Lavation â–º

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Robert C Gaulke

Mon 23rd Dec 2024 13:21

Thanks for your comments

Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Sun 22nd Dec 2024 22:09

Thanks, Robert.
Kindness and truth are in an increasingly precarious position in a day and age in which it's so easy to spread hate and lies.

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Marla Joy

Sat 21st Dec 2024 21:20

Robert, I agree about the importance of kindness and truth, and I like the way you have expressed it. Marla

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