December 7, 2018 · 2:46 pm
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Inner Child – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

What Do You See?

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Inner Child

It took some time to set you free,
I searched for the key,
but it was so long ago I
forgot it was at my very center;
my blindness hid you,
then I forgot you,
I shrank and dried up,
ever diminishing,
till one day
I stumbled on a clue,
love,
self,
which released you,
running, grinning, bouncing, leaping,
thirsting for life.

©Paul Vincent Cannon

Paul, pvcann.com

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33 responses to “Inner Child – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon”

  1. Winnie
    December 7, 2018 at 4:25 pm

    Wonderful take on the prompt, Paul

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  2. Hélène Vaillant
    December 7, 2018 at 4:47 pm

    The key …love self. An amazing message that should be easy for us yet we make it difficult for ourselves taking many detours before we reach it again. Thank you, Paul.

    I happen to see your post through the reader. Your link does not go to the challenge, it goes to an error page.
    https://helenvalliant.com/2018/12/04/what-do-you-see-dec-04-2018/

    Should you want to change it here is the correct link:
    https://helenevaillant.com/2018/12/04/what-do-you-see-dec-04-2018/

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  3. cagedunn
    December 7, 2018 at 8:22 pm

    Reblogged this on Cage Dunn: Writer, Author, Teller-of-tall-tales and commented:
    Set yourself free …

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  4. Suzanne
    December 7, 2018 at 9:42 pm

    That’s delightful – and so positive and hopeful.

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  5. calmkate
    December 7, 2018 at 10:10 pm

    oh what a delightful rendition of this challenge … releasing our inner child would lead to much healthier stable mental well-being!

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  6. dawnbirdau
    December 7, 2018 at 10:19 pm

    This is a beautiful poem. Joyous. Knowing the difference between self-indulgence and indulging the inner child, is a journey of discovery well worth taking.

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  7. lync56
    December 9, 2018 at 12:23 pm

    Fantastic poem

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  8. Mark Tulin
    December 24, 2018 at 1:09 am

    Nice. I made friends with mine. 😊

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  11. -Eugenia
    December 26, 2018 at 3:07 pm

    Superb and meaningful piece.

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  12. msw blog
    December 29, 2018 at 6:52 pm

    Sounds like you just watched the very cute film Christopher Robin 😉 may none of loose are inner child ever…

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    • pvcann
      December 29, 2018 at 10:57 pm

      I did see that movie, fabulous insights, but the poem is purely autobiographical in process, I had a great therapist many moons ago who enabled me, and from a Jungian influence too, which is hard to find here. Thank you.

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