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the message
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the message Silence, they say, is the voice of complicity. But silence is impossible. Silence screams. Silence is a message, just as doing nothing is an act. Let who you are ring out and resonate in every word and every deed. Yes, become who you are. There’s no sidestepping your own being or your own…
World Poetry Day
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Old Windows
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Kiss Halloween
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Traveling or going on a journey?
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