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He signs cards that strangers will read, yet cannot write the words two small hearts most need to hea\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\">\n<div id=\"now-information.com_responsive_1\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/23201474937\/now-information.com\/now-information.com_responsive_1_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-9\">\n<div id=\"dreamtoday-usa.com_responsive_2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He moves through palaces built for legacy, yet cannot cross a simple ocean of hurt.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">\n<div id=\"dreamtoday-usa.com_responsive_3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Every ceremony reminds him that history will remember the monarch,<\/p>\n<p>not the grandfather who failed to bridge a fracture in time.<\/p>\n<p>He wonders when duty stopped being service and started becoming an excuse,<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-13\">\n<div id=\"dreamtoday-usa.com_responsive_4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>a shield he hid behind while the years slipped away.<\/p>\n<p>The children who know his arms are a blessing, but also a mirror reflecting the absence of the two who don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1942704\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p>In quiet rooms, without courtiers or cameras, he rehearses conversations that never leave his lips.<\/p>\n<p>Pride tastes bitter now, a poor trade for the warmth of a child\u2019s trust. 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