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Poems For Mothers · September 25, 2026

Swear to Me

( a poem for when the world feels hard )

Swear to me, please swear, you won’t let your heart harden
You won’t allow fears of others to taint your view of the world
There is a rhetoric, of unwelcomeness and divisiveness
Which only hurts people even more, you, me, all of us
I only ask you to swear not to harden
Not to turn inwards, but stay outwards, look after each other
Don’t whatever you do let the bullies win

Sophie

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