Photo: Smadar Halperin-Epshtein
Up steep stairs
Of old, new places
He is reaching up
Hand over hand.
Bravely mastering
The gaps that make it,
Way too frightening
To stand.
Up he goes,
A little hero,
Climbing life’s thrilling
Demand.
In his moment of
Adventure,
Oblivious
To just how well we
Understand.
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