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Pencil sketch and digital colouring by Maureen Sexton
 



DO NOT TURN THE PAGE TOO SOON

My daughter
is a silent poem;
a three-dimensional page
her story hidden in the centre.
If you sit with her
you will see her poem unfold.
It will copy itself
to a place inside you.
You will tell her story
when you find the words.
Do not turn the page too soon.