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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

appreciationlifepainlight verse

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Lewis Raynes

September 25, 2018 at 9:06 PM

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

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

September 26, 2018 at 7:46 AM

A point to ponder, thank you my friend, xomo

Charmaine Chircop

September 6, 2018 at 4:10 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 Pigeon Tart

September 6, 2018 at 8:41 PM

Thank you Charmaine :) xomo!

Joseph May

August 30, 2018 at 10:32 AM

Very nicely expressed Maureen..

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

September 6, 2018 at 8:38 PM

Thank you Joseph xomo :)

Joanna Daniel

August 30, 2018 at 2:34 AM

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

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

August 30, 2018 at 7:54 AM

Indeed it does ;) Thank you Jo, xomo

Gershon Wolf

August 27, 2018 at 9:13 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 Pigeon Tart

August 28, 2018 at 7:04 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

August 27, 2018 at 8:18 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 Pigeon Tart

August 27, 2018 at 8:23 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

August 26, 2018 at 12:38 PM

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

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

August 27, 2018 at 7:43 AM

Thank you Wing'ed One! :) xomo!

Silent One

August 26, 2018 at 11:37 AM

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

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart

August 26, 2018 at 12:01 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