Silent Haven

There is a silent haven

A marvel of a place

where words

do not matter anymore

only the stillness within me.

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NIce. Did you do it on an iPad? N.

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Melba Christie at Poemattic says:

2 Aug 2017 at 4:25 pm

No. I used a photo I took a while ago and copied the basic essence.

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