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Tears I wept for broken dreams
A dove with broken wings
Raised in captivity
Treated with brutality
No escape for naivety
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Let it be a learning curve
Tis the least that I deserve
Add it to experience
I nurse no grievances
It is of no consequence
.
©DGA 22 October 2011 13:22
Adeeyoyo's Blog 
23/10/2011 at 5:31 pm
I enjoyed your word choice ~ experience, grievances, consequence
Like you, I “nurse no grievances” and I try not to dwell on past hurts and disappointments ~ I refuse to give “the bastards” continued power over me.
Be Here Now. 😀
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23/10/2011 at 5:49 pm
You said it, Nancy. It’s the only way to live. 🙂
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23/10/2011 at 6:00 pm
beautiful poem, and the message that you send is really terrific, we should never dwell on the bad things that happen to us, we should let the emotions out, and then try our best to move on.. 😀
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23/10/2011 at 6:12 pm
That is so very true. We have to let go and enjoy our lives, Abichica. Thanks for the visit and comment. Hope to see you around… 😉
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23/10/2011 at 6:42 pm
Well said – and giving it voice like you do facilitates the letting go…
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23/10/2011 at 7:00 pm
Yes, it does, Ruth, thank you. Also, putting things in writing helps one see more clearly…
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23/10/2011 at 9:44 pm
Of life: Cherish the good, banish the bad, but always, move on.
Deeply felt, no doubt. But, the best works of the poet require the deepest of feeling.
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23/10/2011 at 11:08 pm
Excellent advice Jack, thank you. Sometimes it is hard to put things in writing, ie to put them out in the open, but it does act as a catharsis prior to ‘banishing’ them!
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24/10/2011 at 2:32 am
Gosh, this makes me sad, Adeeyoyo – ’tis the very least that any human deserves – to begin life with love. Banishing the bad is not a simple matter, but writing about it certainly helps toward this goal
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24/10/2011 at 5:54 am
That is how I feel too, Bb. 🙂
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24/10/2011 at 4:25 am
Very insightful!
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24/10/2011 at 5:58 am
Trying to get rid of all my baggage, bit by bit, Otin. Thanks for the visit. We sometimes have to tread a rough path before our lives improve…
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24/10/2011 at 11:30 am
Beautifully said, but can one ever come to regard broken dreams as of no consequence? Difficult, indeed.
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24/10/2011 at 11:51 am
I think that often we have to give up our original dreams and are led/pushed into other paths either to live a different life than what we’d hoped, or as another way towards our original, or perhaps better, dream. Quite complicated, eh? I do hope I’m right, Col. 😉
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24/10/2011 at 3:36 pm
You are right Adeeyoyo. If we cry about yesterday, fret over tomorrow, we lose the joy of today.
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24/10/2011 at 3:44 pm
You are a wise, wise woman, Maxi! 😀
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24/10/2011 at 8:19 pm
I know nobody likes crying. But tears somehow help us feel lighter. Help us vent out the negative feelings.
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24/10/2011 at 8:28 pm
Yes, you are right. Weeping releases all the bottled up tensions and feelings and does leave us feeling much better. From that respect it is actually good to have a good cry…
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25/10/2011 at 4:30 am
I like the sense of hope at the end of this. It is good to have a cry. I am a real advocate of a good wail – it gets everything out and then we can start to move forward….
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25/10/2011 at 6:07 am
Yes, I’ve learnt that too, Selma. No more bottling things in for me…
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