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Charybdis

There is no silence in a tempest's wake - no peace in unanswered calm that's afraid to view the dawn but must... There is no quell in whirlwind thoughts - the maelstrom lives on. The Charybdis is insanity in the eye of tranquility that swirls long after the storm has done its last...

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Date: 10/26/2020 4:48:00 PM
There are always remnants after the storm so powerfully depicted here, Craig. It leaves the reader as unsettled as the lost tranquility being in the eye of the storm waiting for the second shoe to drop!
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Date: 10/26/2020 9:59:00 AM
I smiled as my title "C" word today was Collyrium. Excellent poetry! A storm always stirs our imagination...yes, insanity in the eye of tranquility. Fave
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Date: 10/26/2020 9:56:00 AM
The storm angered as it spins like a tornado the eye is the calm. Interesting write and well written.
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