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MY KISS

all light shall end air will become dank water emerges corrupted the earth crawls with vermin
So shall it be…such is my kiss

My Joy

Cold mornings Hot coffee
Corn fritters Crispy bacon
Children laughing playing
Almost thirty years together
Still holding hands walking
Listening to birds singing
My cat purring Dogs wriggling on their backs oblivious
Kiss Army since Destroyer
Raider beginning a year later
Red Sox fan my birth right
SABRINA LEIGH BAGLEY
Children, Yes them #smileyface
Grandchildren, Family
Extended, Cousins,friends
These are what and who
I Love and What Bring my life
Happiness,Serenity,Peace
The greatest gift I ever received?
Well that's easiest of all...
YOU

Mommy

The murky walls of hallowed granite
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I am no more and I am no less than you – I am Me
Light Or Dark

All humanity must one day make a choice.
To embrace the light or to descend into darkness.
Some choose the darkness rather than the light, because it is far easier to destroy the light inside oneself than it is to defeat the darkness all around them. It is also not an easy to see decision.
It is not as if the light is easily distinguished from the darkness It is more a series of seemingly unimportant decisions which determine our
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Right to share, wrong to be stingy, right to help others, wrong to be obsessed with oneself
This 'learning phase' ends with the 'transformation phase'.
Once the transformation is completed we immediately are faced with life changing decisions. Light and dark choices.
Do we speed in our vehicles because there aren't any police around? Do we help the person struggling with their packages or pass them by without a second glance? Do we claim the money we earned from working on the neighbors vehicle on our taxes? Do we correct the cashier and return the extra change they mistakenly gave? Do we call 911 and aid the police in determining who is the criminal when we know whom it was? Do we take that first drink when we know we drove ourselves to the bar and have not made arrangements so we won't have to drive home? Do we do what we know in our hearts and minds what is right or Do we take the easy steps towards our

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