WHEN I WAS YOUNG YOU WERE MY HERO
THE ONE FOR WHOM I CARED THE MOST,
NO GREATER LOVE COULD I HAVE GIVEN
OF WHICH TO OTHERS YOU COULD BOAST.

IF ALL THE WORLD BELIEVED IN YOU
THE WAY I DID WHEN YOUTH WAS MINE,
THAT SUIT OF ARMOR YOU WORE THEN
WOULD NOT TODAY HAVE LOST IT'S SHINE.

BUT IT IS YOUTH AND INNOCENCE
THAT SEES PERFECTION IN A MAN,
WHILE AGE AND WISDOM KNOW THE TRUTH
BUT COMES TO LOVE THE FALLEN MAN.

© Maria Christine Hodges
(used with permission)
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