big children -
with breakable bones.
They refuse help, insist they will walk,
all by themselves,
for as long as they can.
They do not understand,
the only thing between them,
and the hospital, or worse,
is one false move.
They wobble.
We cringe when they nearly
fall.
Offer your hand, or your arm, or a walker,
and they scowl.
"I can do this by myself!"
They proclaim.
The difference?
The little ones will nearly always get back up.
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