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` Like block shaped wheels our lives stumble at the chapters we write Corners seem dark and teeming with doubt, alleyways call in echoes of our name, as if tempting us to crawl when we cannot walk “Fear begins the parade at our fragile hearts” Shades are drawn and slotted with eyes watching, voices ring the halls of the buildings looming large, rumors of pointed fingers find our ears in colander fashion, dripping fear at our feet “Waves conduct sound, crashing vividly as we hear” We cry, hoping these tears will somehow wash the pain, fill the gutters and move out to sea, casting waves upon unsuspecting shores “Wishes…more waste than want…at least of these eyes” When of the shadows a touch, softly at first, then strong upon our shoulders fall… comfort leaps to our hearts in sing song praise, wishes become goals and finish line adventures “What is this light, soft yet sure, found within” We are not alone, darkness hints at light and butterflies fill our air with prism’d colors and soft breezes collecting on our damp cheeks and drying the aftermath of our understanding of reality “Dreams of these nightmares fade into happiness” We find footprints in the dirt…two which are not our own, closely, yet affectionately following our way and bringing direction to our dreams, yet the nightmares still flourish but we do not feel so alone “Fences built may keep us in yet… may keep us out” For this hand, from a distance, climbing mountains and fording rivers leads our hearts to the safety of love just beyond the bricked wall, the ivy covered monolith, the chain link disaster which once stood locked “Finding that a breath may exhale peace…again” Now stands open an arbor of hibiscus blooms and teapot pourings fore our eyes, open and hopeful of the coming truth once lost beyond our dreams…and we breathe for it feels right to breathe while standing in the darkness…not alone ”True friendship will always find us and comfort us in the darkness”
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