# Prophecy

**Published by:** [thepinkpanther](https://paragraph.com/@thepinkpanther/)
**Published on:** 2022-04-04
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@thepinkpanther/prophecy

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"I don't want them to take away my demons, I am scared they will take my angels too" (Rainer Marie Rilke on Therapy) Sallow-skinned with large pale watery eyes Such a translucent child her blue blood shows I swear the whole world can see her fragile life Pulsing through her veins Hardly enough skin to separate her From the world around Her enormous consciousness includes whole worlds Television springs such tears A paternal scolding could never bring *** A frail and beautiful life she is She will need fierce angels to watch over her She will learn to push the world away Separate, distinct, with a façade of arrogance She will learn the human art: Of turning papery skin into the toughest of hides Of hiding a fiercely emotional heart Under layers of indifference *** One day she will come to me, wondering How it was so easy to lose all she held dear Why it is so hard to regain her innocence Without losing the distance she needs One day she will come to me With child's eyes still, that say: "Look what the world's done to me" *** I wouldn't have it any other way So many thick-skinned thick-skulled people Are the cause of her pain I'm so glad she can't become The thing she has always hated *** Seeking a balance She will learn to tread carefully Nurturing her emerging wisdom Holding back just enough So her precious understanding Is not stolen by the world *** She will then learn her thickened skin Kept her blue blood flowing, And so kept mine

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