Same Height, Roughly

i don’t want to tell you
what’s wrong and what’s right
who you should be
how to run your life.

i just want to see you
learning to be free
standing on your own feet
smiling back here at me.

one tugs another
closer and further
up the hill and through weeds
we both may agree

i don’t want to lead you
you are your own number one
i’m rooting you on
we’ll meet a upon the plane
under the same golden sun.

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