I do not give in <br />first I embrace them <br />and in the quiet <br /> <br />of a few still seconds <br />pattern decisions <br />ferment in still mind <br /> <br /> <br />Copyright © Terence George Craddock<br /><br />Terence G. Craddock (afterglows echoes of starlight)<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-childrens-demands/