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I Never Knew

February 14, 2011
By shakes11 SILVER, Belton, Missouri
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Favorite Quote:
\&quot;Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.\&quot; - Bill Cosby<br /> <br /> \&quot;Cowards die many times before their deaths,<br /> The valiant never taste of death but once.\&quot; -Shakespeare

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I never really felt happiness
Until I had felt real pain.
I never felt fulfillment
Until having felt so drained.

It wasn’t until I had been let down
That I knew the meaning of trust.
And I never felt true satisfaction
Until I had felt pure lust.

I never really knew relief
‘Till I’d felt so weighted down.
Or appreciated silence
Until my ears had filled with sound.

So I will keep my head high.
I will push through all the pain.
'Cause I’ve got nothing to lose.
And everything to gain.

© LZ A., Grand Junction, CO

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