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A Long Way From Home

August 30, 2016
By PresleyH DIAMOND, Elsmere, Kentucky
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There is freedom waiting for you<br /> on the breezes of the sky,<br /> and you ask &ldquo;What if I fall?&rdquo; <br /> Oh, but my darling,<br /> what if you fly?<br /> <br /> ~Eric Hanson

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Innocence is:

when I didn't understand

why you cried

when you told me that daddy was leaving

and I asked where he was going

and wondered if he'd bring me a sweet

on his way back.

© Shannon R., Playa Del Rey, CA

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