<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/53a38dce-3a1a-4d14-bf2e-9d95fa145004/EFDB374D-BA38-445D-B7B4-39AC71D61E8E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.inspirationpeak.com/cgi-bin/poetry.cgi?record=144" href="http://www.inspirationpeak.com/cgi-bin/poetry.cgi?record=144" style="font-size: 11px;">www.inspirationpeak.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.inspirationpeak.com/cgi-bin/poetry.cgi?record=144"><P class="searchquote">I walk on space, <BR />On air so thin <BR /><DIV>I fear to fall.</DIV><BR />Dear God forgive me<BR />For my fear to love<BR />For being so small<BR />In a world so big<BR />Forgive me for not wanting pain<BR /><DIV>For seeing it first before joy</DIV><BR />I know I shouldn’t look first,<BR />At how easily I bruise<BR />Or harden my shell to outside touch,<BR />Or hide within my self,<BR /><DIV>Or stare with dead eyes</DIV><BR />Forgive my fear<BR />Of reaching out over empty spaces,<BR />For taking all the love you give<BR /><DIV>And giving nothing in turn</DIV><BR />When next I shy, nudge me to try<BR />When next I sigh, nudge me to smile<BR />When next love needs, steady my feet<BR />That I may be here, <BR />To brave my fear.<BR /><FONT size="2" face="Arial"> </FONT><TABLE width="450" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" id="table36"><TBODY><TR><TD width="252" valign="top"><FONT size="2" face="Arial" color="%23808080">A very special thank you to Ryan for sharing this with us. Ryan lives and works in Zimbabwe, and writes for the love of words and joy of self-expression.</FONT><FONT face="Arial" color="%23808080"></FONT></TD><TD width="37" valign="top"> </TD><TD width="161" valign="top"><FONT color="%23cc3333"><B> <FONT face="Arial"> Rate this poem! </FONT></B></FONT> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/EFDB374D-BA38-445D-B7B4-39AC71D61E8E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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