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Poetry of Justin Smith





From "Angel, Twice Descending"

by Justin Smith


                 Childhood is a difficult time --
                 Each season -- an arduous birth.
                 Playing amid unnoticed grime --
                 Drawn taut between Heaven and Earth.--
                 Graven masks in memory's shadows --
                 From times and tales -- long lost --
                 Haunt their -- moonlit meadows,
                 Endowing lives -- storm-tossed.
                 Each awakening stirs a fear --
                 No Adult's terror can match: --
                 To pristine eyes -- new Worlds appear --
                 New minds must grasp from Scratch.
                 Where they find childhood's Courage, though --
                 Is a secret -- only Children know.


© Justin Smith



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