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A child sees his World’s fading light Making a begrudging retreat Fickle rebellion usurped by daylight’s fade The Bastille to petulant ambition, defiance A youngster’s bravado blocked An extensive bastion of despair Until glacier eyes catch sight An aurora; new possibility Now standing in the inevitable passage A frail screen door with edges frayed Closed one final time through determined hands As blissful ignorance is abandoned Where a child once stood Only a man remains Erased by a motif; surrounding his profession Grasping for what is now recession Expansive worlds of his imagination Lost and reduced behind lock and key Now just a figment of who he used to be
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Jun 7, 2016
Jun 7, 2016 at 2:33 AM UTC
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A child sees his World’s fading light Making a begrudging retreat Fickle rebellion usurped by daylight’s fade The Bastille to petulant ambition, defiance A youngster’s bravado blocked An extensive bastion of despair Until glacier eyes catch sight An aurora; new possibility Now standing in the inevitable passage A frail screen door with edges frayed Closed one final time through determined hands As blissful ignorance is abandoned Where a child once stood Only a man remains Erased by a motif; surrounding his profession Grasping for what is now recession Expansive worlds of his imagination Lost and reduced behind lock and key Now just a figment of who he used to be
jared-yttrup
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Jun 7, 2016
Jun 7, 2016 at 2:33 AM UTC
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