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Defeated with frustration and despair There you are plunging into failure’s pit Lamenting, “Oh, for me, no one does care…” From life of thorns, let me exit a bit! Friends do rebuke your distressful venture With counsel to free your heart from gloom's pain Saying, “Hate grips you with misadventure,” See the roses blooming in glowing gain.” Learn rose-thorns' lessons well, though sometimes hard; That’s the commencement of triumphant race Keep on trusting* God around His safeguard Midst thorny trials to be won by grace. Life is not a bed of roses indeed Yet faith makes thorn-filled cross bearing succeed.
*Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. August 4, 2018 Edited on January 4, 2024 1st place, "Sonnet - Old or New" Poetry Writing Contest Sponsored by Joseph May; judged on 1/6/2025

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Date: 1/6/2025 2:42:00 PM
Congrats Beata! I like the proverb you chose. For those things we can't yet understand and for those things of which we may have erred.
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Date: 1/6/2025 9:56:00 AM
Congrats on your win Beata, Wonderful write
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