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Balancing

Love and hate
are not so far apart, 
different sides of the
same coin – a wrong flip
can turn most anyone. 

I have known some
that seem to have spent
an entire life on the edges

swaying back and forth...

never committing to anything
for long

more inclined toward
balancing, 

thinking that they
can fool God while making
peace with the devil.

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Jennifer Proxenos

June 17, 2022 at 10:18 AM

Your last two lines are so clever Joe. So my friend you are three quarters Greek my great grandmother was three quarters Italian and married into a Greek family and became 'Rosalina Stais' who lived to the ripe old age of 97, but who very sadly lost a son to the Turks in the 1920's when there was a war between the Turks and Greeks (how unusual) they had to leave as refugees but had squirreled quite a lot through to Athens, so I have a tiny percentage of Italian in me. Blessings, Jennifer.

Joseph P. DiMino

June 17, 2022 at 12:00 PM

Thank you, Jennifer; I have not researched it a whole lot, as far back as great grandparents who were all in Sicily -- but I understand one of the first organized settlements in Greece was called Dimini, plural of Dimino. Who knows. Would be fun to know. Blessings my friend. Buona Giornata.

Kim Rodrigues

June 6, 2022 at 5:49 AM

Sounds about right. You have to step over the line into God’s love. That takes decisive action. God bless!

Joseph P. DiMino

June 6, 2022 at 7:27 AM

Sort of like, holding one's breath. One can do it for a necessary while...but a lifetime seems rather anticlimactic, with all the stimulating scents to breathe in, and the greens needing our active participation.

Panagiota Romios

June 1, 2022 at 11:21 AM

Good morning, Prince de Mino! How true are your words., and on point! We do live in odd times...best to love,yes? Reminds me of the old Dionne Wawick song.. "WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW, IS LOVE, SWEET LOVE!" Panagiota x

Joseph P. DiMino

June 1, 2022 at 1:43 PM

Thank you, Pangie. Love is best.

Anil Deo

June 1, 2022 at 7:17 AM

"thinking they can / fool God while making / peace" with ACCUSER, in Hebrew, HaSatan. Warning indeed, like sitting on a fence, there is no space for THAT! Shalom shalom Father DeMino

Joseph P. DiMino

June 1, 2022 at 11:09 AM

Hi Anil; thank you. I am guilty as well.