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Be not afraid -your word comes in the night

When memory stirs shadows in my mind

And sleep ignores my yearning for the light.

Be not afraid.

Darkness holds no terror and I find

Consolation in solitude, or the sight

Of others' happiness; but there behind

The smiling lurks a cankered blight

Which rots away all hope that life is kind

Until your Word prepares me for the fight.

Be not afraid.

Brian Hick January 2012

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