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Jagged Edges

“Should we deny ourselves pain, we would deny ourselves entry through many doors in our heart leading to where our soul patiently waits.”  Poet



Many cannot conceive truths the faithful believe,
    such as jagged edges lead us to deep places
      where tranquility waits to be reality.
If only brains could disengage that souls alone
      decided what to leave behind or closely hold.
When I stumble from life's roughness and bruises swell,
    I cannot help but deep dwell in my heart and soul
      where my injured bits sit ripped in cramped, frozen fits.
If we do not hurt, we do not bleed a true need
      to learn which medical aids best persuade healings.

Life often snags me in jagged edged episodes
    until I repair all frailty-stretched through prayer
      and place it in my Father's hands of perfect grace.
The more jagged edges adhere, tagged for repair,
    the more need we build to yearn for and turn to God
      which grows awareness of our true depth caresses.
Fear no roughness on your heart but recall toughness
    in your faith that will divinely define what gift
      the rift can bring forth, be it soul growth or knowledge.
Jagged edges can teach us more than a college.

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Date: 8/21/2025 2:42:00 AM
A poem of hopeful resilience so well done, congratulations
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Date: 8/20/2025 10:30:00 AM
CayCay congrats on a wonderful win!
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Date: 8/20/2025 8:40:00 AM
back with my congrats. I see you got second place, which is pretty good. Of course, I think it the poem is so profound and even your quote is exceptional!
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Date: 8/19/2025 9:23:00 PM
CayCay, congratulations on your win in my J With Four Options contest. Your poem is wonderfully penned and I love the quote, Constance
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Date: 8/19/2025 2:58:00 PM
Congratulations on your win!
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Date: 8/19/2025 12:03:00 PM
- Back with a congratulation on your contest winning poem, CayCay :) - hugs
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Date: 8/19/2025 12:00:00 PM
Back with Congratulations on another win. Hooray!!! I enjoyed reading your powerful/wonderful "The Jagged Edges" write/quote again. Your great ending is so very true... Have a blessed day with your win................
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Date: 8/15/2025 8:18:00 AM
Your poem beautifully illustrates how pain and struggle can lead to profound spiritual growth. The metaphor of jagged edges is powerful, capturing the sharpness of life's challenges and how they ultimately guide us toward a deeper faith and tranquility. Your final lines, comparing the lessons of a "rift" to the knowledge gained in a college, are a wonderfully succinct and compelling summary of this idea.
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CayCay Jennings
Date: 8/15/2025 3:29:00 PM
Wow, a complete, succinct and intelligent critique with depth! Have we 'met?' I will come read you. I appreciate every word you wrote. Poetry hugs ... CayCay
Date: 8/14/2025 9:51:00 AM
CayCay you write poetry from your heart…a loving, honest heart that is why your poetry is so powerful…..incredible write my friend….Congrats on POTW!! Debx
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CayCay Jennings
Date: 8/15/2025 3:29:00 PM
Thank you for such wonderous comments, so sweet, Deb. Poetry hugs ... CayCay
Date: 8/13/2025 10:15:00 AM
I neither embrace nor deny pain I do believe that “jagged edges lead us to deep places where tranquility waits to be reality” it’s spiritual, CayCay True believers will understand. The light at the end of the tunnel, emotional rapture and such It takes strength to embrace the jagged edges as you write us our mental awareness, open doors and leave behind fits frozen in time Your legacy poet, shall demonstrate your unwavering adherence to poetic virtue Congratulations on Poem of the Week! Cheers
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CayCay Jennings
Date: 8/14/2025 9:24:00 AM
I embrace your generous words, the sentiment at the end means volumes to me, you'll never know the how and why of that, but you gifted me. Thank you , IAA. Poetry hugs ... CayCay
Date: 8/12/2025 3:38:00 AM
returning to congratulate you for your POTW designation. Applause!
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CayCay Jennings
Date: 8/14/2025 9:25:00 AM
Y'all sure enough did come back. I mean, you, y'all are so together in the pic that I sometimes forget you are two people! Equally sweet and appreciated, but 2 individuated individuals, I know this. Thank you ... CayCay
Date: 8/11/2025 5:37:00 PM
Congrats on POTW! … Life often snags me in jagged edged episodes until I repair all frailty-stretched through prayer and place it in my Father's hands of perfect grace.
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CayCay Jennings
Date: 8/14/2025 9:26:00 AM
Thank you, Kim. I need to come see you. CayCay
Date: 8/11/2025 1:18:00 PM
CayCay amazing write! Good luck in the contest reads like a winner to me!:)
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CayCay Jennings
Date: 8/14/2025 9:26:00 AM
Thank you, Brenda, I appreciate your comments. Poetry hugs ... CayCay
Date: 8/11/2025 12:07:00 PM
Dear CayCay, Congrats on POTW. true strength grows in the most unexpected places, and that soul growth sometimes comes best through those rifts we’d rather avoid. I’m grateful for your friendship and for the gift of your poetry it always leaves me thinking and feeling a little deeper. Blessings, My Dear CayCay, Daniel
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CayCay Jennings
Date: 8/14/2025 9:27:00 AM
Is there anyone on Soup who could not keep warm by simply wrapping up in your comments? No, No, No, I am grateful. Poetry hugs ... CayCay
Date: 8/11/2025 4:35:00 AM
Dear CayCay,Your words carry such a beautiful mix of honesty, vulnerability, and faith. The imagery of jagged edges leading us to deeper places really struck me — a reminder that our wounds can become the very channels through which grace flows.The way you connect life’s roughness to soul growth is both humbling and uplifting. Congratulations on POTW...Hugs
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CayCay Jennings
Date: 8/11/2025 5:23:00 AM
I am so blessed to have been inspired by God to write a poem that has touched a 'God spark' within many people as witnessed through your words. I am humbled. Thank you, Maria, and poetry hugs ... CayCay
Date: 8/11/2025 3:37:00 AM
- Woow a great choice of p.o.t.w. ... congratulations, CayCay ... enjoy :) - hugs
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CayCay Jennings
Date: 8/11/2025 5:21:00 AM
There's that face! Thank you, sweet Anne-Lise. Poetry hugs ... CayCay
Date: 8/10/2025 2:14:00 PM
' I repair all frailty-stretched through prayer. ' Yes, I do, and that's the way it should be. Learning is a process, indeed. I completely agree that those ' jagged edges can teach us more than a college. ' This is tender, emotional and it curls gently around the heart. Congratulations CayCay, on Poem of the Week. Many wonderful blessings to you. Hugs, Brandy
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CayCay Jennings
Date: 8/11/2025 5:21:00 AM
Your words mean a lot to me, Brandy, I embrace them. Poetry hugs ... CayCay
Date: 8/10/2025 10:07:00 AM
Congratulations on your POTW win. I enjoyed reading your wonderful "The Jagged Edges" write/quote. Have a blessed day with your win...........
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CayCay Jennings
Date: 8/11/2025 5:20:00 AM
You're very sweet, Paula. Thank you and poetry hugs ... CayCay
Date: 8/10/2025 8:27:00 AM
Congratulation on the honor of POTW for your poem, CayCay! Enjoy a full week of recognition for your willingness to share your poetry with us, my friend. Bill
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CayCay Jennings
Date: 8/12/2025 12:31:00 PM
Chill, listen to your body without any sense of pressure from Soup. That sounds bossy but I meant it to come across tender. So bossy and tender to say, please don't stress yourself. I see you perfect. Poetry hugs ... CayCay
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Bill Baker
Date: 8/11/2025 5:53:00 PM
Haven't been feel well for a few days, I'll catch up on reading and commenting in the next few days, my friend. Smiles ~ Blessings Bill
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CayCay Jennings
Date: 8/11/2025 5:19:00 AM
You came back and brought your light with you, how it shines! Poetry hugs ... CayCay
Date: 8/10/2025 7:42:00 AM
My dear CayCay, congratulations on POTW! Enjoy your special week, my lovely friend :)
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CayCay Jennings
Date: 8/11/2025 5:18:00 AM
Sweet Anne, thank you! Love your light ... CayCay
Date: 8/10/2025 7:09:00 AM
Nice. A very worthy win. Congratulations on your POTW! I like the subtle rhymes and alliterations. Thanks for sharing!
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CayCay Jennings
Date: 8/11/2025 5:18:00 AM
I'm overwhelmed and blessed by such enthusiastic responses and yours is definitely one of them. Thank you and poetry hugs ... CayCay
Date: 8/10/2025 5:16:00 AM
CayCay, a wonderfully penned spiritual poem. Congratulations on POTW. A well deserved honor.
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CayCay Jennings
Date: 8/11/2025 5:17:00 AM
Tania, I appreciate you and your comments very much. Thank you and poetry hugs ... CayCay
Date: 8/10/2025 2:53:00 AM
Somehow I missed reading this poem earlier this week...but I find it worthy of the POTW designation...it's spiritually informative and uplifting. Congratulations!
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CayCay Jennings
Date: 8/11/2025 5:15:00 AM
Thank you so much, Sara! Blessings and poetry hugs ... CayCay
Date: 8/7/2025 9:48:00 PM
Just breathtaking, CayCay!!! Wow. In my favs- what emotion and depth <3
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CayCay Jennings
Date: 8/7/2025 9:55:00 PM
It means a great deal to me that you fav'd this, Paige. Your comments always encourage me, my muse and pen. There aren't enough words to thank you for that encouragement, a poem would perhaps do it which is food for my muse, I'm thinking. Thank you and poetry hugs ... CayCay
Date: 8/6/2025 2:37:00 PM
Good attitude and approach to life, which seems to always come with jagged edges. I like this line " If only brains could disengage that souls alone decided what to leave behind or closely hold."
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CayCay Jennings
Date: 8/6/2025 2:48:00 PM
Hey, David, I thank you for your comments, enjoyed reading them. Poetry hugs ... CayCay
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