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A Lesser Martyr

Balance is beautiful, 
symmetry looks clean 
Perfection, unattainable 
except maybe, in a dream 

Love may be delicate 
Yet incalculably strong 
Lies can bring us comfort 
when a truth, seems wrong 

Denial has a reason 
refusal, making sense 
Acceptance is unbearable 
vicarious life, might content

What really matters,
to me, perhaps others 
Condemned, or condoned
poetry’s my release, not to suffer

By
David Kavanagh

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Judy Ball

Date: 4/7/2021 7:54:00 PM

Well said David. Me I find me release in The Lord. I lay my troubles at His feet. Good job here. God Bless, JB

David Kavanagh
Date: 4/8/2021 6:23:00 AM

Thank you Judy, we all have our own way of venting or releasing our troubles, I find poetry very cathartic, you find god, and I’m delighted when people help others come to terms with life’s difficulty’s cheers David

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 4/7/2021 3:51:00 PM

It's wonderful you find release in poetry. Then you come up with beauties like this, Keep it up, David!

David Kavanagh
Date: 4/8/2021 6:16:00 AM

Heya Andrea, poetry is a wonderful release from the drudge, for myself and lots of others, and I’m only too delighted to share my musings around with everyone, thank you so much for looking in, cheers David

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 4/6/2021 8:51:00 AM

Poetry is definitely a release, David. I came to soup right after my father died and found comfort from the friendly people here. It helped to write about my feelings at the time. Some people live in states of denial. We all search for truth, though it's sometimes hard to accept. Compelling poem, David! Enjoyed. Hugs, Carolyn

David Kavanagh
Date: 4/6/2021 10:16:00 AM

Heya Carolyn, I really believe denial brings comfort to some people, and I’m fine with that, but when they try force it on others it can become problematic, the soup is indeed a great release, we can find common ground, and great enjoyment, truth is hard to accept at times of trial, but to replace it with lies, is even harder and more damaging in the long run, cheers David

Christopher Flaherty

Date: 4/5/2021 1:08:00 PM

Favorite David 1 of your best If not your best Shows your growth as a poet

Christopher Flaherty
Date: 4/5/2021 3:25:00 PM

It's called the hour's of Poetry

Christopher Flaherty
Date: 4/5/2021 3:22:00 PM

Know the feeling just wrote my latest poem about this very subject myself David. Please will you read it

David Kavanagh
Date: 4/5/2021 2:43:00 PM

Thanks Christopher, I’m pretty brain dead at the moment, so I must suffer in silence, hopefully it’s transient, cheers David