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Susan Dunaway-Rogers

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Awakened

Susan Dunaway-Rogers

Submitted to Contest #227

Awakened I am here and my eyes are open wide. There is for me now light instead of darkness, and in its warmth I bask while returning to myself. I welcome it with outstretched arms and pull it toward me for comfort and protection. In my heart I plant it and vow to guard it diligently, to nurture it lovingly, keeping the darkness at bay. Repeatedly have I shut my eyes to the comings and goings of the world, telling myself the hurt of it doesn’t matter, and self-medicating to blur edges and soften blows. Behind my eyes, in self-induced sl...

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