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Fear keeps dissolving into love

Fear keeps dissolving into love

A poem for when we’re afraid of the unknown

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Jenny Smith
Jan 02, 2023
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Fear keeps dissolving into love
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the depths i long
assumed to be scary
keep turning out
to be beautiful

the very place
i engineered my
entire life to avoid
is gentle
soft
forgiving
soothing

fear keeps
dissolving
into
love

shallow focus photography of white feather dropping in person's hand
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