Tuesday, May 24, 2022

late to bloom

some are crowned early,
in school.
or childhood.
the sword
tapping their shoulders.
knighting them,
the golden ones.
but it doesn't last long.
they've peaked
too soon.
the rest of life is harder,
whereas for the rest of us,
going unnoticed,
beneath the wire,
we are late to bloom.

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