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Duty and Desire

a duty is an obligation lawfull in it's nature a desire is an invitation no lawfull will is required a duty compells one to act accordingly while desire look's for opportunity a duty can be honorable courageous and justified and desire loving, kind and modified a husband can perform duties for his wife without the desire of pleasing her life a husband can give her the things she needs without consideration of the food the soul feeds a husband can promise for the rest of his life but it really does'nt matter if it is'nt pleasing his wife there is a duty to go home and a desire to bring flowers a duty to phone and a desire to spend hours a duty to love and love are two different things one could be desire and the other just a ring where one is earthly the other a heavenly thing with in giving and recieving where would your soul be

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Date: 12/9/2012 4:31:00 PM
ha ha you got me good....i did look...pd
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Date: 6/16/2012 2:49:00 PM
never can read a great poem too many times. Duty an Desire so pognantly portrayed iin this. Love, Lizabeth
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Date: 4/10/2012 12:07:00 PM
A very interesting piece.
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Date: 4/4/2012 7:17:00 AM
nice, especially the last 3 stanzas :)
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Date: 4/1/2012 9:15:00 PM
very well penned!
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Date: 4/1/2012 2:15:00 PM
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Date: 4/1/2012 10:34:00 AM
Such wonderful insights into the relationships we share. So many ways of looking at the way we connect, You said so much in this deep verse! Luv, Lizzie
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