Before we met you saw too many bad things
Before we met you had felt gnawing hunger
Before we met you were too often afraid and alone
Before we met you had been rebuffed rejected
Before we met you could only survive
From this you learnt to be wary
From this you learnt to hoard food
From this you learnt to exist not to live
From this you learnt grown-ups are useless
From this you learnt to trust only yourself
Now I offer you kindness
Now I offer you respect
Now I offer you safety
Now I offer you attention acceptance
Now I offer you time to earn you trust
I hope it’s enough for you
I hope you can learn you deserve only this
I hope you can know trust one day
I hope you can let me in one day
I hope I have strength enough for us both
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