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Darkness

DARKNESS STANDING IN SHADOWS AS I WALK THROUGH DARKENED STREETS SENSES ALIVE AS I BREATHE THE NIGHTS STENCH URINE STAINED WALLS TRASH FILLED STREETS YET EVEN AS A SMOKER I HAVE TO CUT MY BREATH TO GET THROUGH WHY I ASK ARE PEOPLE AFRAID OF THE DARK IT IS ONLY LIGHT TURNED BACKWARDS EVERYTHING IS THE SAME YET WE PERCEIVE THINGS HAVE CHANGED HIDDEN IN CORNERS STILL CRAWL THE RATS AS THEY FEED, ON OUR DISPOSALS OF THE DAY SO WHY FEAR THE UNKNOWN WE KNOW EVENTUALLY ONE DAY WE WILL ALSO DISSAPEAR INTO THAT DARKNESS WE SO DESPISE ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL THAT LIGHT IS THE OPENING VAGINA ALLOWING US A SECOND CHANCE TO BE ALIVE YET THE DARKNESS IS WHAT HELD US WITHIN THE WOMB SO IT WILL BE WHAT TAKES US BACK TO FEARING THE BEGINNING OF LIFE DAVID SANDERS FEB.17.2014

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