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Friday, February 3, 2023

Coattail Child and Me


 Never more

     never again,

would I walk away 

from myself except

to turn away from 


the image in the mirror

to live a life that fits me

even if the child that rides

my coattails dawn to dusk 

wants to stay hidden and quiet


Never more

     never again,

will I walk away from myself
and, taking the coattail child’s hand, 

we’ll live a life that fits us both.


“When we get comfortable with our own strength, 

discomfort changes shape, we remember our power.”

~ Jen Knox, The Glass City 


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