A Dangerous World
To see the world through another’s eyes
is a dangerous thing,
the loneliness of a mother
as the child slips away,
the desperation of a child
when a parent blinks out
or flees
or just doesn’t understand.
To own their sorrows
and know their secrets
is despair and fear.
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James Garrison 
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