Familiar (Terzanelle)
In bonds of blood, and bound in timeless role –
protect and guide, and ours is but to know,
to take as such, though not to make us whole.
From helpless birth, their duty is to owe
this life the ultimate in selflessness,
protect and guide, and ours is but to know,
to look within a limited caress
and past the learned ability to lead
this life, the ultimate in selflessness,
for who are they to know how to proceed?
The child will live beyond expectation
and past the learned ability to lead
a life for mere approval’s salvation
(as unconditional is not profound).
The child will live beyond expectation
in knowing true awareness can’t be found
in bonds of blood, and bound in timeless role –
(as unconditional is not profound)
to take as such, though not to make us whole.
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