<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Life, the Obstacle Course]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://lifetheobstaclecourse.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[taurusingemini]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://lifetheobstaclecourse.wordpress.com/author/taurusingemini/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[In the Midst of This Never-Ending, Raging&nbsp;Storm&#8230;]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.kirkincikapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/rain_drops_at_night-wide.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">In the midst of this never-ending, raging storm, I woke up, it was, dark, all around, and I’d felt, so very, scared, all of a sudden, and, as the wind rattled my windows, I felt, that I was, on unstable grounds, that the house was going to get blown away, at any moment in time!</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">In the midst of this never-ending, raging storm, I’d shut my eyes, and prayed, hard, that all of it, will blow over, and out comes the sun again, but, I’d waited, waited, and waited, and all I heard was, the winds getting stronger, the rain, rained down, harder as the seconds passed by.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">In the midst of this never-ending, raging storm, I’d fought hard, to steady myself, and, in the end, I just, couldn’t, hold on anymore, I was, washed over, by the raging waters of your emotional ups and downs, and, taken under by the waters, and, drowned………</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.teenink.com/art/Dec09/Potpourri72.jpg" alt="" />and no, still NOT my artwork!</p>
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