I am learning peacefulness, lying by myself quietly, as the light lies…

Sylvia Plath
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I am learning peacefulness, lying by myself quietly, as the light lies on these white walls, this bed, these hands. I am nobody; I have nothing to do with explosions. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2010). Ariel, p.14, Faber & Faber
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I am learning peacefulness, lying by myself quietly, as the light lies on these white walls, this bed, these hands. I am nobody; I have nothing to do with explosions. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2010). Ariel, p.14, Faber & Faber

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