RELATING
(Mark 10:2-16)
Hard-heartedness hurts,
destroying relationships
and our very self.
Some relationships
we developed in childhood
endure a lifetime.
Childhood-learnt disdain,
enmity and prejudice
can likewise endure.
Childhood hope, delight,
simplicity, love, dreaming,
are for adults too.
Jeff Shrowder, 2018
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