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How Many Times

Is it rue, my soul, that many times Hade’s gates you have to cross, wisdom to gain? © Demetrios Trifiatis 18 February 2016 *Hades, one of the Olympians, ruler of the underworld, husband of Persephone.

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Poet Destroyer A

Date: 2/19/2016 2:31:00 AM

Sure enough one must cross with heart to reach and gain... a brilliant and well written poem... Linda

Demetrios Trifiatis
Date: 2/19/2016 6:48:00 AM

Dearest, Linda, your multiple visits filled my heart with Joy! Thank you!

Timothy Hicks

Date: 2/18/2016 11:08:00 PM

Is it when we hit rock bottom that we gain enlightenment... that life is difficult and you need help? Or is it when you climb a mountain and reach the top do you reach enlightenment... believing that you can do all things by yourself? I think it is the former. You write ... and I ponder.

Demetrios Trifiatis
Date: 2/19/2016 6:52:00 AM

Keep pondering my dear friend, Timothy! The answer only you can find for each person is approached in a unique way by the divine! We only must have faith and follow the way He has traced! Thank you!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 2/18/2016 6:35:00 PM

Love when you mix in the mythology, Demetrios! You gotta know a lot of stories!

Demetrios Trifiatis
Date: 2/19/2016 6:54:00 AM

Yes, I love mythology for in the myth there is truth if we find the way to decipher it! Thank you dear, Andrea, for your delightful visit and comment!

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 2/18/2016 11:42:00 AM

- Hard to say my friend ...... "wisdom to gain" ? - Great written, it is always wisdom in your poems, Demetrios - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Demetrios Trifiatis
Date: 2/18/2016 2:49:00 PM

Thank you, my dearest, Anne-Lise, for your delightful comment! hugs!