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Lap up that pain
That feeling mightn’t come again
You might find numbness follows
Fear inures you to another
Armour, thickened skin, self-protection
Grown and honed to impenetrable perfection
Lap up that pain
You might not ever feel again
To bring balance… for there are two sides to love
crispina kemp 
Beautifully done, Crispina.
Yes, there are. We could never fully appreciate the good without tasting the bad…
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Very, very, very true.
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Life teaches us that, doesn’t it?
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It does. It also shows us that pain needn’t be the end.
There’s a rune (forget which one but possibly hagalaz … hail) which kinda reads like, things must be frozen, and destroyed, so the new can burst through.
I’d say that’s true. Painful though those moments can be… moments that feel more like eternities
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I agree wholeheartedly.
That runes tells it well
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🙂 Thank you for your support 🙂 🙂 🙂
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You know it, my friend! 🙂
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🙂
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In simple words, you’ve dealt with a difficult topic.
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I thank you, Sadje. Guess I’m developing as a poet, not just a rhymer
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You are what you believe yourself to be. More power to you Crispina.
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Thank you, Sadje
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My pleasure
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It’s always the bad which reminds us the goods. it shouldn’t be nut unfortunately is true.
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Without night we know no day. Without dark, we know no light. Without cold, we know no warm. Without pain, we know no ease.
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Beautiful.👏🌺
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Thank you, Laleh
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My pleasure.🌸
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🙂
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This is… I don’t think saying it’s beautiful does it justice. Because yes, it is beautiful but so are many other poems that i keep coming across each day. What makes it special, for me on a personal basis, is i find it acutely relatable. As do, i am sure, all your readers who have liked it. It’s beautiful because it touches on something many of us end up doing during one or the other phase of our lives.
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Thanks. See what you’ve started in me. 🙂
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Oh i am taking all the credit because it’s absolutely beautiful. 😉🙃
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There’s another to come on Friday. Don’t remember what that one was abot. I know it reeled off in about 30 minutes.
Got it, Love called for me today, I ducked my head, said go away
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The poem is so beautiful and deep, Crispina.
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Thank you. Ir rolled out of me. Something repressed, obviously 🙂
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You surely do have many amazing things inside you ❤
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Yep. Happens when you’ve lived a long and varied life.
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❤ Yep.
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Wise advice, we need to feel both the good and the bad to appreciate life.
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So often forgotten. We want only happiness
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Beautifully written Poeta.
Es cosa de dos – It takes two to tango.
And yes “for there are two sides to love.”
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Thank you, Jen.
I’m running really late on checking the blog, and rushing through it cos I need an early night… out early tomorrow
Stay safe, my friend
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I know. You’re too busy on Twitter. Priorities!
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I’m picking up sales. Not mega, but it’s because I’m connecting
And I admit, I am having fun. Quirky funny comments. And I put my photos out too.
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Like I said priorities and not just me. I guess we have to make choices. You’re going away from your timetable (Like sleep early and not spending so much time on the computer.) You were so adament about it. You preached to me about it!
Our loss I guess. I hope your gain is worth it.
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But see, Jen, late though I was going to be, I was up at 5:30, bright and bushy tailed, bouncing, happy to greet another day
I’m walking. Not sure yet if it’ll be the 9-10 miles to Burgh Castle and back or whether we’ll keep it the 7-8 miles we’ve been doing.
The thing is, once you’ve sorted you sleep problems, an occasional late night does no damage
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💜
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Twitter addiction. As usual my point not taken. Nothing to do but wait.
First thing she’ll do is twitter her trek. All excited! WP a pittance.
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???????????????? WTF is this about???????????
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Pain is required to enjoy the ecstasy.
It has to be released, so we can heal.
I know where you are coming from with your poem.
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Your words are an echo of what I said to a friend. I thank you for the follow 🙂
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Wow. This is really beautiful. You have actually wrote something deep with a few words. Good job!
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Thank you, Ramyani. I keep dredging my depths… lost of stuff stored done there. Courtesy, or penalty, of a life lived to the full
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That is a good way to put experiences of life.
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And a good use of them…. 🙂
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Beautiful! Thank you for your words. Can’t wait to read more ❤️
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Stay tunes, watch this space, trace the development of a friendship… or will it, in the end, be more?
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