Jack GilbertI lie in the dark wondering if this quiet in me nowis a beginning or an end.
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I lie in the dark wondering if this quiet in me now is a beginning or an end. I want to believe that this is just the calm before the storm, but I’m afraid that this is just another chapter in my story. This is just another rough spot in my life, and it scares me that it might be the last time that I sit in quiet darkness before the storm comes.
Source: The Dance Most Of All: Poems
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