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[The fourteenth entry of April 2016's A-to-Z Blogging Challenge.]

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in response to anything

children laugh, cry, sing

they just express

there are smiles and pouts

there are screams and shouts

no need to guess

if they feel sad, tears fall

if they feel proud, stand tall

there are signs

if they feel joy, all smiles

if they feel fear, run miles

simple minds

but as they age, it starts

the hardening of hearts

less emotion

building walls around self

just so difficult to delve

no expression

to think it's weak to display emotion

is a terrible, misleading notion

so dumb

their hearts have turned solid

their souls become stolid

all numb