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Note To Self

Life is pain a splendid tattoo as with all pain I grin and bear it too for what more than pain makes life so tangible the experience of being being surely unregretable 2010.12.26

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Lewis Raynes

Date: 9/25/2018 9:06:00 PM

This is a deep poem Maureen, i think all feeling is pain in disguise to some extent. nice.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 9/26/2018 7:46:00 AM

A point to ponder, thank you my friend, xomo

Charmaine Chircop

Date: 9/6/2018 4:10:00 PM

Feeling pain..knowing pain...is living life..If we couldnt feel pain..we wouldnt appreciate those glorious moments when pain isnt present...So much said in this note dear.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 9/6/2018 8:41:00 PM

Thank you Charmaine :) xomo!

Joseph May

Date: 8/30/2018 10:32:00 AM

Very nicely expressed Maureen..

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 9/6/2018 8:38:00 PM

Thank you Joseph xomo :)

Joanna Daniel

Date: 8/30/2018 2:34:00 AM

Yeah, pain teaches us a lot, Maureen, well said:)

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 8/30/2018 7:54:00 AM

Indeed it does ;) Thank you Jo, xomo

Gershon Wolf

Date: 8/27/2018 9:13:00 PM

Ah! In another place and another time, Emily Dickinson might have written: 'Life is a tatoo. It can be painful. It can be gainful. Ah, too, it can be insane-ful.' (See "Fame is a bee," by Emily D.) … Don't mind me. Just a stray thought. Thank you for supplying the ingredients! Best wishes, Gershon

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 8/28/2018 7:04:00 AM

But you just wrote that! Gershon wolf! Fame is a bee... I totally get it now. Absolutely! The bee, the D, you and me ;) all the best my friend! xomo

Lyric Man

Date: 8/27/2018 8:18:00 AM

God gave us pain as a gift. First to warn and then to correct. Without it we would scarcely feel connected to our bodies. Pain grounds us to earth. Your poems makes us think outside the norm.. love it!

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 8/27/2018 8:23:00 AM

Thank you Lyric Man! True enough. Consider Congenital Analgesia, when one cannot feel pain at all, one rarely survives childhood. Pain is indeed necessary. Thank you for appreciating my normal ;) xomo!

Winged Warrior

Date: 8/26/2018 12:38:00 PM

Pain...the ultimate teacher and preacher...well said MO...love & pain...^WW^

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 8/27/2018 7:43:00 AM

Thank you Wing'ed One! :) xomo!

Silent One

Date: 8/26/2018 11:37:00 AM

Life is not pain my friend... Never let it absorb you.. listen to it, then you will know the message...

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 8/26/2018 12:01:00 PM

Lovely said my friend. According to Westley in The Princess Bride "life is pain, anyone who says otherwise is selling something". But really, pain is life. It is is good to have a mind that does not let itself be absorbed by pain. If we were all that strong, just think, no more suicide. Sounds awesome. But this is a life appreciation piece. Missed ya dear poet! xomo