Your New Day

Or... it's dark before light.

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"Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

First comes the mapping of the prison wall—
Each stone of pride, each bar of jealous thought,
The chains of anger that we never sought
But wear like medals, learning how they fall
Across our days. We must inhabit all
The…