I love this poem! its fantastic. I really like the way you have written it without a definite format, more like it was a casual convesation or a flow of thought as opposed to groups of rhyming couplets or something. while the ending was bittersweet, i think that it was very fitting, and i liked too the way you described the inner child as a messy little person full of energy.
I really like this poem. It's so good. I can't see any way to improve it. Well done and keep writing.
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