Even before a word was spoken,
they swarmed around me;
they hugged me with affection.
It didn’t take long for them to warm up.
Their hugs were
Of unrestraint, and of vast potential;
they wanted attention, wished for protection.
So ready to believe, ready to trust
Even in the hands of a stranger.
There was no holding back.
These were the ways of the children
A [...]

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Do you know what it feels like?
To have life taken away from you in an instant.
To have life given back to you in an instant.
The past month…
I chanced upon many deaths.
Well, not to myself.
I witnessed many accidents on the road.
First, along East Coast Park. A seemingly innocuous stretch of small road. A car upside down [...]

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