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darkness precedes the light
 
dry wind whispers before the rain
 
 
eclipsing shadows move overhead
 
unknown presence observes quietly
 
 
panoramas of life all around
 
individual experiences woven as cloth
 
 
cloaking tightly our innermost needs
 
for here is the essence of why we breathe
 

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From – 1000 Voices

ponart

Copyright 1993

Patrick M. O’Neil

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Reference: Collection 11, Poem ID= 335