vanessa hughes - Shallowness

How do you walk in shallow waters
When you need to swim in sea
With a depth of understanding
Of space and liberty

How do you swim in shallow waters
Stifled, chained, not free
Restrained and unable
To be what you want to be!

How do you grow in shallow waters
When around you are small minds
Closed, bigotted opinions
Of the mind-damaging kind

How do you wake to shallow waters
Who helps you see the way
To a deeper, fuller ocean
And a brighter every day

vanessa hughes

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