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Birth and Regulation

BIRTH and REGULATION



You came like an explosion of crys and smiles.

Relief and and protest become one.

You learned to walk with caution,

making your way to the world.



Your smile and imagination reflect all that is.

All that is beauty, love, and simplicity.

Your smile stretches into forever

to forever land, a place of possibilities.



But beware. As you grow old, the smiles turn to frowns,

sucked into a reality of business and prenuptial agreements.

Prenuptial agreements, that seek to make sense

of the imagination, and love.



A wish to control the magic of the smiles from forever land.

Our life of magic confiscated, dominated, and regulated.

Our Magna Carte protecting our rights of domination over forever land,

seeking control, and safety, from loves enemy.

Re: Birth and Regulation

A powerful piece that gets to the heart of who we are and who we need to be in a land where fear dominates over love. Honestly and cleanly presented, this piece gave me something to think about. Thank you for posting this!

MD