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And there was silence.
Not peace, but silence.
When the day's wars had ended,
and the anger that stemmed
from all the little injustices of just today
had settled down to a low simmer,
there was nothing left
but the air we breathed
and the small place we curled into for sleep.
No people, no voices,
no fear, no pain,
Just the simple silence
that we had heard a thousand times before,
but never quite loved until now-
when nothing could hurt
and we lay alone, just peacefully accepting
that tomorrow will bring pain,
as every day preceding this one had,
but that it would be all right,
just as long as we could lay every night
in the plain and peaceful silence,
reminding ourselves that we are okay.
And there was silence.


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