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"NightLock"

October 23, 2013
By Stones-Under-Rushing-Water BRONZE, Nassau, New York
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Stones-Under-Rushing-Water BRONZE, Nassau, New York
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'Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion. The potential for greatness lives within each of us."- Wilma Rudolph

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Day is dead. Night has drawn me to his chambers

Lay me down to sleep I said. But laughed he

mockingly in my face

I want your happiness he replied, your radiance

and your pride..Your Life..Your soul.

Until you're gray and old.

Give me Love.

Or I'll give you death.

© Megan B., Harpers Ferry, WV

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Not sure what inspired me to write this..hmm.
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