One is.
Regardless if tears fall.
Afterall…
The time will come,
When others find that being shunned
For who one ‘is’…
Has its rewards.
And being ignored,
Provides a growth that shows those stunted…
In ways that delays a maturity,
Fear by others still seeking to be breast fed.
From any available ‘crib’.
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