I Must Walk Little Steps

I Must Walk Little Steps

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From the day called dawning

to the one named the present,

I must have certain understandings

of what has gone before,

I must therefore

understand wise words,

written on parchments past,

that before I can be great,

I must humble myself

so I can understand,

that I must walk in the shoes of another,

and before I can truly love;

I must embrace a child,

then before I can be

wiser within myself,

I must talk to elders of my space,

then before I can confess to knowledge,

I must understand the pasts

and deeper still to engage my forebears,

I must walk little steps.