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May 11, 2012
By chance, I came across Veronique
one Sunday morning in a Riga street.
She touched my very soul.
No more than nine or ten herself and
already a surrogate mother
out walking with her siblings
In charge
In control
Yet, so soft and gentle
She cradled her tiny young cat, Bonzic
as if a babe in arms.
He let her too!
He seemed content
and protected.
We chatted
Had instant rapport
She was as bright as a button
and introduced me to her eldest brother
around the age of six or seven.
His teeth in a state of decay
In a push chair were two more children
Looked like twins
aged two or three
or so it seemed to me
At the time my heart was breaking.
I was stressed
and out of my tree.
Obsessed with my own problems
I wanted to walk on with those children
Stay with them forever
They had nothing
Yet, they had everything
Love, contentment, bonding
I could barely pull myself away
They taught me so much
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