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A Parent's Plea
by Sarah James
Dear child,
I do not ask you
to be perfect–
I ask you
to be good.
For the road to perfect
is paved with the purest of plights,
But the grace to good is
a fall to your knees
an action unasked–
a mistake.
I do not ask you
to be beautiful–
I ask you
to bloom.
Brothers, sisters, misters:
I hope I see you rise,
not run.
I do not ask you to change
everything.
I ask you
to change.
See you in the spaces between,
-God
About the Author
Sarah is a writer and undergraduate student studying English and Creative Writing at Santa Clara University. Her work has been published in the Winter 2020 edition of the Santa Clara Review, the Orange County Museum of Art, and the Spring 2020 edition of The Owl. She is from San Diego, California.
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