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By EllenRainer BRONZE
Muncy, Pennsylvania
I do not push fear aside— rather, I cradle it and engulf myself with the tongues of fire and venom. Time is not allowed to heal my wounds, and new memories cannot bandage th...
Muncy, Pennsylvania
I do not push fear aside— rather, I cradle it and engulf myself with the tongues of fire and venom. Time is not allowed to heal my wounds, and new memories cannot bandage th...