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Inheritance of Youth

September 15, 2014
By Bridgeport ELITE, Columbus, Ohio
Bridgeport ELITE, Columbus, Ohio
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Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t let anyone ever make you feel like you don&rsquo;t deserve what you want.&rdquo;<br /> - Patrick Verona, 10 Things I Hate About You


He did not know
that by shooting down the street
his childhood landmarks
would become relics

 

The boy kept going

thinking that he could turn around
and no time would have passed
(there were still plenty of grains of sand)

 

He became a man

in an unspoken whisper;
later he found himself in a place
and body he did not recognize

 

The man accepted adulthood

with a bowed head
so no one could see
the confusion spilling from his eyes

 

Now his son wants to go

down a different street
but with the same soul
as the old man used to own



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