On a big, low branch of a very old tree
Sat a pig tailed girl with silent eyes
Watching and listening
Complete in her little girl wisdom.
She needed to learn how to tell time
And how to do fractions and how to drive a car
But what we needed to learn, she already knew
Complete in her little girl wisdom.
To speak the truth with love, one must be very brave
It would be easier to just stay silent
But what we need to hear, she is willing to say, a woman
Complete in her little girl wisdom.
I thought that we would teach her and I suppose we did
But I had no idea how much she would teach us
And inspire us with her honest bravery, for she is still
Complete in her little girl wisdom.
Susan
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