A Universal Concepts Project by Mrs. Kolodney
Shapes and Sizes Support Growing up “Your Kids are such good kids because they feel safe.”
Loved no matter what
Great with Grandma and Grandpa
Felt SAFE with Mom and Dad What happens to kids who don’t feel safe?
The safety of my Family
Stanza #1 (of 4)
I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o’er vales and hillsWhen all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils,Beside the lake, beneath the treesFluttering and dancing in the breeze
Without my family I am
alone, wandering
“lonely as a cloud.”
The members of my family make me feel
one with myself and
nature.
Stanza #2
Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the Milky Way,They stretched in never-ending lineAlong the margin of a bay:Ten thousand saw I at a glanceTossing their heads in sprightly dance.
A safe family is as
constant as the stars
that shine in the heavens.
Stanza #3
The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay
In such a jocund company:I gazed and gazed-but
little thoughtWhat wealth the show to
me had brought
Stanza #4
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward
eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude;And then my heart with
pleasure fillsAnd dances with the daffodils.
High up on the platformI look down at the world belowContemplating this treacherous
leapMy fear, I hope, does not show.
I hold on to the lifeline,
Secure in my hand,Peering at the tiny faces,
Listening to the cacophonous band.
The bitter world below megears up to steal my heart
Gossip, Prejudice, Pain.My search for ME is ready to start.
My courage mustered,
My hand on the bar,I leap into the air—
Infinity is far
My hand slips.I plummet.Far below--
The safety net envelops me.Family
High up on the platformI look down at the world below
Contemplating this treacherous leapMy fear, I hope, does not show.
I hold on to the lifeline,Secure in my hand,
Peering at the tiny faces,Listening to the cacophonous band.
facing the
world without my
family
My family is the lifeline
.
The bitter world below me Gears up to steal my heart.
Gossip, Prejudice, Pain.My search for ME is ready to start.
My courage mustered,My hand on the bar,I leap into the air—
Infinity is far
Who am I
without my
family?
I know I can make it in the
world.
My hand slips.I plummet.
The safety net envelops meFamily
But if I mess up, my family is there to catch me.
Dec. 27, 1986
Dec. 27, 2011
The End
Me, with my brothers
My Family
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