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Is the Silence Such Sin?

September 23, 2014
By Starcatcher001 SILVER, Cypress, Texas
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I had a rock garden. Last week, three of them died. -Richard Diran

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Honesty is hard work sometimes.
Sometimes it means
just falling down
and hoping that someone is standing far below
waiting to catch.
If that person runs away
all you can do is find a bandage for the wound.
And maybe,
someday,
you will try apt being honest again.

© Andrew M., Apple Valley, MN

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