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Who's Live's Matter

From what was once the friendly face of night now peers from all around on earthly soil to rush among the shadows in delight 'til fear within the waning moonlight boils; and hidden in the darkness waits to scream, perhaps for freedom from this hopeless world or wake and know it's only been a dream in which their sanity was tightly furled. For one who fears the moon's another spy that creeps between the stars to steal the dark, there is no peace when everything's a lie nor safety in a soul that swims with sharks. Instead they're eaten by their own mistrust and sink into its darkness where they're crushed...

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Date: 8/5/2020 1:59:00 PM
Great sonnet! Very relevant to the present! Love it! Krish
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Date: 6/26/2020 10:26:00 PM
powerful words Craig...excellent sonnet! hugs
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Craig Cornish
Date: 6/27/2020 6:17:00 AM
Thanks Dear Sandy

Book: Shattered Sighs