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Light and Dark and the Space In Between

June 26, 2013
By alyssum GOLD, San Marcos, California
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Favorite Quote:
The things that walk out when you open your mind. -Dylan McCoy

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Light weaves an endless life
Succumbing to darkness
That is truly only light

Light leads a painful night
It is the first hypocrite
The teacher of our ways

Light is a metaphor for good
It is food
In the stomachs of the hungry
The thoughts that
Tip the hat
Of the friendly gentleman

If light is good,
Then dark is bad
And sad and mad
It is the epitome
Of negative connotations
The ending of nations

It’s always darkest before the dawn,
Or so they say
To get their way
Or to get away
Before
Light and dark
Are all the same.

© Nasiha M., Huntsville, AL

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