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Within Each Storm

When doubts and drawbacks struggle in the mind And certainty seems but a demon dream, When the faith to love is what no-one can find For even when asleep, the mind still schemes When darkness and defeat seem close at hand And lights dim even as we pray for peace when wrecks and ruins rile the native sands When in this life we feel we've lost our place... Then at the saddest depth we see the light Surrounding with such warmth,with love adorned. The path that seemed so wrong now leads us right And in our hearts, warm feelings are new born Within each storm there is a calm still eye From there we see the fiercest clouds blown by

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Date: 1/17/2014 4:01:00 PM
To stay calm when all around you have lost reason takes strength....I like poems that make me think..this poem made me think
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Katherine Braithwaite
Date: 1/17/2014 4:14:00 PM
I am pleased you enjoyed it.Thank you for commenting.I like sonnets

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