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Saturday, June 10, 2017

Acquainted With Darkness Comments

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I met the darkness as a child
it seemed to dwell among the trees
when night had fallen on the woods
to cast a chill upon the breeze
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Barry Middleton

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Nosheen Irfan 12 June 2017

To combat darkness without fear is what man learns in his lifetime. The child in us never dies but he learns to face darkness without screaming. A profound work. A10

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Barry Middleton 12 June 2017

Thanks Nosheen. My poem may be an idealization of that process but I have to believe that conquering fear is possible.

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