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THERE IS CERTAINLY A COST TO ATTACHMENT
There is certainly a cost to attachment
The loss of the person
To whom one feels bonded
Seems a tear in the body fabric
A wound open
Blood let
How to suture the arteries
That flowed between you
Those connections your upbringing foretold
How to see and focus on the products
That union formed
Children of genes and environment
Of which parents largely define
What is danger?
What is a proper expenditure of time?
What is physical contact
And when is it pleasure or pain?
They must be the future
Along with a re-defined mood
Not expected solace or sympathy
From anyone more than once
That becomes a norm
Discard it before it hurts
Walk along like any other individual
Including children not yet parents
Knowing we are each ultimately independent
No soldier or nurse riding in
To fix the wages of life –
Seek to age gracefully.
What other choice?
Focus on what is
Before less of that is left
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