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Nov 2018
I carried pain as a burden, but pain saved me!
I was in the dark but learned light
The shrieking echoes of memories I fight
With love now
Not with anger, or fear
But understanding to perservere
Through moments of doubt
Through times of tears
Because I know that your always near
Teaching me of the smile in the frown
That the smile is just upside down

     !Perspective!

Proclaiming victory in the storm while I morn
That no matter the outcome
I belong to peace
And I have a home in the found
Austin Ryskamp
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Austin Ryskamp  26/M/Michigan
(26/M/Michigan)   
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