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Fear is a strange thing

May 8, 2013
By Thatweirdperson BRONZE, Calgary, Other
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Fear is a strange thing
it can make even the bravest of men
running off to the shadows
to the dungeons of despair
but for some
fear is an opportunity
to overcome it
what is the point of life








if you spend it cowering like a mouse?

© Julie S., Marblehead, MA

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