Look at This Girl

By John I. Blair 

 

Look at this girl
Lacing her own ice skates
At the age of nine.

I was fourteen
Before I learned
To tie my shoes.

Every child is a miracle
Happening before our eyes;
All we need to do is look.

All we need to do is love.

©2017 John I. Blair, 6/15/2017

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