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Poetry in the dark by Maria Serra
“When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow.”
Ursula K. Le Guin

Poetry in the dark by Maria Serra
“What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle.”
Rumi

Poetry in the dark by Maria Serra
“Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely.”
Edna St. Vincent Millay

Poetry in the dark by Maria Serra
“You need to spend time crawling alone through shadows to truly appreciate what it is to stand in the sun.”
Shaun Hick

Poetry in the dark by Maria Serra
“I am terrified by this dark thing. That sleeps in me; All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity.”
Sylvia Plath
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