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In The Comfort Of My Cowardice

May 7, 2013
By BlueSupernova ELITE, Cincinnati, Ohio
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"Damn it, Ted!"

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The happiness hit to fast,
I couldn’t handle that much hope,
For hope usually let me down.
I let go of that future,
Faded back into the shadows,
For the shadows were a safe place to go.
Now the darkness I despise,
For the darkness I have become.

© Jason B., Colorado Springs, CO

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