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Promise comes veiled in a dream of kisses and fireflies
Landing on a patio on the wings of spring.
Full moon etches hope in view and all I am is what I do.
I offer a hand and a hope, care and affection.
People leave. People break. People change. People grow.
I know to hang on to let go, and let go…
Of all I have known and all I have given and all I have wanted
To give now a chance, to find blessings
In your fingertips and grace in the eyes I frame in my heart.
Nothing is safe. And yet I crave the care
My dad always gave and mom always shared, the embrace
Of a hold that is laced with feathers
And butterfly wings that moves with the seasons so we can
Both learn to grow and share the care
We long to know.
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