Teach me how to listen
With tender loving care
Because I am a child;
Not a vicious nightmare.
Teach me how to speak
With words and not with actions
Because I am a child;
Not a distraction.
Tell me what hope is
So I may be inspired
Because I am a child;
Not a supplier.
Show me what love is
With hugs and kisses too
Because I am a child;
More innocent than you.
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Sounds of a Fish Attempting to Scale a Skyscraper
Poetry*Finished - first anthology in the Skyscrapers series* Hold fast onto life For it soon slips by. Find the things you love And hold onto them tight. But not too tight, For sometimes they leave Or find something more interesting To shove up their sle...
