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Following in My Footsteps
August 20, 2018
My dears …
Please do not lose your hope.
Please don’t let your laughs
Turn to smirks,
Or your applause
Turn to shrugs.
Please continue seeing the world
Through rose-colored glasses.
And please don’t start wiping away
Your mom’s pink-colored kiss marks.
Most of all,
Don’t grow up.
© Amy B., Alabaster, AL
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