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Patris's avatar

That’s no metaphor, Paul. That’s an accurate - and painfully beautiful - description.

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Constantine Markides's avatar

The tumor in the chamber. The Tell-Tale heart turned upon itself. I like the use of the word “soft”

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Nancy Dafoe's avatar

You feel the fist of love when you read this beautiful poem.

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Paul Wittenberger's avatar

Thank you, Nancy.

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Berkana's avatar

It is very interesting hear even though a poem how love works inside us

Many many different ways

It is why lovers need to have a deep connection , deep listening, true deep listening

Try to be to the other side sink

To me the lessons says always to still open for it

Even when it hurts very much

But usually people closed themselves

Like my sister

She has been almost all her life close to the love

There is no trust at all

This is sad

In my language ( I don’t know if I repeating myself but)

CORAÇÃO is heart

Core + action = coragem

Means courage

❤️ needs coragem

When we put the feeling to walk, to fly

We move with coragem

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Stanley Wotring's avatar

Love often works like that.

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Paul Wittenberger's avatar

And Thank you for the restack, Stan!

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House of Neglected Poetry's avatar

I've tried to write about love so many times, but it always turns into a washed out mess. Thus, I let others muse within this realm of murkiness. Therefore, well done, Sir! This also reminded me of the story of Odysseus and Calypso, and how love seems to prefer the finite, being that which is attracted to the highest probability of the most pain, and that love is perhaps best felt only in its absence.

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Carole Jorgensen's avatar

Your poems are a blow to the heart.

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Weston Parker's avatar

That poor bastard, nice job. I feel like the speaker has another line or two yet to say which I always take to be a sign of a good poem.

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Paul Wittenberger's avatar

I think he’s almost recovered by now, but does require a bit of looking after by the nurse who rarely leaves his side.

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Weston Parker's avatar

Metaphorically speaking?

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Paul Wittenberger's avatar

The nurse’s name is Poetry

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Weston Parker's avatar

I've met her, she's a great gal.

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Paul Wittenberger's avatar

Yep - She does get around!

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Paul Wittenberger's avatar

Thank you for restacking this, Stirling-much appreciated!

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Paul Wittenberger's avatar

Thank you for reading, Marie

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