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For My Child

The Every-day-parent Poem

By Marlena GuzowskiPublished 2 years ago • 1 min read
For My Child
Photo by Teodor Drobota on Unsplash

Helping you

To teach you

Not helping

To allow you to learn

Praising you

for your self-worth

Confronting you

for your self-awareness

Saying ‘run’ for your courage

Saying ‘walk’ for your willpower

Holding on to you

Because I love you

Then

Letting you go

Because I love you even more

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About the Creator

Marlena Guzowski

A quirky nerd with a Doctor of Education and undergrad in Science. Has lived in Germany, Italy, Korea and Abu Dhabi. Currently in Canada and writing non-fiction about relationships, psychology and travel as well as SFF fiction.

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    Written by Marlena Guzowski