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<br><br><center>*Do you understand
A man’s silence?
I don’t.*

<br>*Each year
I turn to stone*

*But somehow
I Endure
If left alone
To ponder stars*

*And riddle out
The mystery
Of us.*

<br>*My dreams
Push back darkness
And sleepless,
I lie awake
And picture
Your features.*

*I try
To understand
This life
We’re leading
That leaves me
More questions
Than answers
To your pleading.*

<br>*So, wearied
I fall
Into a fitful sleep
And dream
Of shielding you
From things
Dark and bleak...*

*Keeping you safe
From wind and rain*,

*Holding you close
In my arms again.*</center>

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