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Dance of Life

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IvanRadev

Published: Apr 3, 2014

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Literature Text

Depression dances
a dangerous tango
with my sanity.

Wherever I go
it follows.

But still
I lead.

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Silent--Songbird

May 1, 2014

Amazing, sadly true though....

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