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Is It Not Time To Take a Chance

kismet came to me in the form of a guttersnipe I could not hate it nor did I want to what is it you are after? I asked. The guttersnipe laughed. Are you so tainted that you do not recognize a friend? I felt ashamed. It had been a long time since I had a friend. At least ten years. I do not want to be hurt, I told her. Your walls are high, she admitted But isn’t it time you took a chance? And so I did. And she hurt me. And I began calling her mean names. And now I am alone again Building a thicker wall Taller with spikes around my heart.

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L Milton Hankins

Date: 4/21/2021 9:22:00 AM

Oh my, I can relate to this one, Caren. Friends of twenty years I have not heard from since Deb died. Doesn't make any sense. I miss them, but I guess they don't miss me. I'm building higher walls with spikes just like you.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/21/2021 9:46:00 PM

It is sometimes comforting to build high high walls, so we do not have to pretend we are not hurt and they are not being selfish. Sometimes people cannot bear to see a spouse after a death because they do "not know what to say" - sadly.