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R. Lincoln Harris

Do We Dare?

Our sense of comfort in existing surroundings
Cannot be denied, and yet
There’s always something more out there
Just beyond our comfort zones.
 
Do we dare to seek it out?

This is a question as old as humanity itself.

#inspiration #poetry

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