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Resiliency 2

By SP Shepard

the sky grows dark
lightening flashes
thunder roars

Papa and I wonder
about the tree

the tree cannot hold
Papa's hand
or sit in his lap

Papa says that one day
I'll be as the tree

able to stand alone
even during
the wind and the rain