Child, I Admire Your Smile

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Child, I Admire Your Smile by Olatuja Oloyede

- June 25, 2018

NOT FOREVER

Child, I admire your smiles

But I fear it won't last long

For in life you will be sometimes sad

Those golden sunshines won't be there forever

One day you will cry like you are now

And none will be worried

Your mother may be dead or weakened by age

Your father may be too far to help

Your siblings too will be grown ups

All busy fixing their own lives

If you are lucky to have friends,

They may never be the true ones

And even when they are true

They may be blind to see exactly where you ache

Then you will understand the real meaning of life

That in the midst of all the loves and cares

Man is always a lonely being

© Olatuja Oloyede

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