In terrace rows
With cardboard walls
We grew up
Facing the world
Making do with little
We laughed our days away
Never knowing better
When everything was play
Now we’re grown
We should know better
Scratching for more
To shed the fetters
Stoic Poetry
Through The Cracked Window (Revisited)
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In terrace rows
With cardboard walls
We grew up
Facing the world
Making do with little
We laughed our days away
Never knowing better
When everything was play
Now we’re grown
We should know better
Scratching for more
To shed the fetters
Stoic Poetry