Gentle fear does not decide for us
Cock-strung confidence is the enemy
of those who would learn
Cow eyes gathers the children in the field
sits them down on fresh straw to tell
a story about a lovesick mockingbird
And waterfall mouths sing her praises
when whistles and clicks and twiddles
make kids stay kids forever
Truth doesn’t have to be so scary
just make sure that those small hands
grasp the real fear of things
Cow eyes sends the children home
then blinks a few steps into the fullnight
where she keeps the future as a blanket
Life doesn’t have to end with a handshake
and meeting fresh-nosed cats and dogs
doesn’t have to be the only reassurance
that things have hardly changed
since the day you fell out of love with yourself
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