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we are not titans but-

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comatose-comet

Published: Dec 20, 2014

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we are the echoes of Giants, living in footprints of
Goliaths, huddling in storm-shelter bays while Tornadoes
roar and Oceans spin and in all the chaos of Life, in the midst of
Atlas letting the earth roll off his spine and the Sky caving in like a fissuring
porcelain bowl, my eyes still find yours and life doesn’t seem so bad after all.

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