the children

the children fight to change the world
and to save it
so that
when they’re fat
and old and
heavenbound they know
they fought
for
something and that something
was worthwhile

my bugbear was hazing
more so
and overall
the challenge to believe that
even
and especially when
grownups are
wrong

the spirit of survival and of growth
is in each
one of us however
young
even untried

against
cliques and
cabals
to find the better parts
of
change and what should
stay the same
inside
and in between

the truth in lore
in you
in me
and you know I’m going to say
in us

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photo by Maryn Brayfield on Unsplash 
“Exploring”