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Open yourself,

A rose-flowered portal,

To a party

A game

A dance.

Sing with the world to hear you,

Freedom is not in silence.

Spin out your arms

And take in strangers,

Open yourself

To love--

You are the world

Behind a locked door.

 

Now turn the key.

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Jess_T
<p>Beautiful! I love the positivity of this!</p>

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