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The Older I Get
The older I get
The more I know mom
Her anger makes sense
And I wonder how she’s calm
I know of her struggles
To feed us each day
Her struggles to find work
To keep the cold at bay
The older I get
The more I get dad
He doesn’t want to be mean
It’s the anger that makes him bad
I get that he tries
To keep it under wraps
But he just keeps yelling
And I’m left with gaps
I wonder why mom
And I wonder why dad
Can stay so calm
And also stay mad
The older I get
The more I know love
I get why it hurts
I get how it can shove
I know how it pushes
And shoves you one way
I know that I hate it
But feel it each day
The older I get
The more I understand
The things they’d tell us
When we thought school was grand
The “Golden Rule”
The ways of respect
How I should treat others
One thing I never checked
The older I get
The more that I learn
That the world kind of sucks
And why it should burn
The older I get
I understand it all
I get why every issue
Doesn’t really seem small
This is what I learn
The older I get
Things are making sense
But not completely, just yet
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