Ice cold and unbreakable,
With their solid frame they are unshakeable,
Are they really? Are they at all?
Because my daughter, even the strongest among us fall,

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My son was about to be born,
To love him till the end is what I've sworn,
The maple leaves turned to golden at Autumn's call,
My mother always told me, even the strongest among us fall,

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What a gentle child he is,
With his curls devoid of frizz,

He was a lively 3 foot wall,
Though many years have passed I still know that even the strongest among us fall,

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Mommy I don't get it?
Super heroes can't fall from just being hit?

It doesn't matter whether they are tall or small,
My baby, even the strongest among us fall,

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But they are the best of us all?
How can they fall?

My dear child, you look as if you were about to bawl,
Just remember that even the strongest among us fall,

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Out on the sports fields is where my child plays,
He used to be small, they grow up so fast these days,

My child is going to enroll in the college by the mall,
I've nearly forgotten that even the strongest among us fall,

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Into the college my son enrolled,
I watched his athletic career unfold,

Am I forgetting a line?
I think not, I should be fine,

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Out on the pitch he crumbles to the ground,
I heard my fretful heart pound,

The power of that last bat...
He's not even responding to my desperate pat,

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In the hospital is where he is to die
I only have one conversation left, my,

I wonder what is in store these upcoming years...
But soon enough, my thoughts were replaced by tears

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I promised to love him to the end,
I didn't think he would be so condemned,

Then, my son whispers his last words before his eyes dull,
"Mom, even the strongest among us fall"