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I’ll know by then what I don’t know now,
the way experience has shaped what I allow
When I meet the stardust of our creation,
I’ll notice the distinct relation
That the universe never meant for my damnation,
only providing me a subtle, endless adoration
I’ll begin to accept what I hadn’t learned to embrace,
that each creature on Earth has its own vital place
I’ll realize then, that It’s greed that’s kept us brute,
it’s as to why Eve fearlessly bit the fruit
When I one day make it to the stars,
I will think back to these small memoirs
With nothing to carry, nothing to show,
with only the originality I’ve come to know
If I could do it again, if I had the choice to experience rebirth,
I would still choose Mother Earth.
Kaden is a runner-up in
the Poetry category for
this year’s Teen Writing
Contest.
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