Your budding awareness

 Your budding awareness 

a flower you know 

we watch as you unfold 

mind’s thoughts climb 

as you grow 

through truths and lies 

adults hold

with time you realized 

the nuances passed by 

that branch in the road 

you decided to hold 

that beauty in the heart 

almost impossible in the dark 

that belief naive yet strong 

that kindness and truth 

had a weight 

after all