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on the breath of hopes

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a child’s love

is the love that’s born

to soar away …

and while we may

surrender our grasp to

grant them leave -

to press their precious

wings upon the wind

and chart a bearing their own,

we, in all our most

eager stirrings,

will never

ever …

let them go.









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Date: 6/11/2025 1:05:00 PM
Special as always my friend!
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