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Wounds

A kiss, softer than a shadow, Is all we dare desire As intimate involvement filled With all of passions’ fire More might crush those feelings We need to keep us sane Or like a moth, be consumed In the heat of Passions’ Flame. To those who inflicted wounds Now in healing states Know that somewhere up ahead A crushing fate awaits. The one we need is out there But fearful are we still To drop our guard, reveal ourselves No, there’ll be no trust until … Our confidence of who we are And believe: The best will be … When we get past the Hurt Inflicted recently Only then, when scars are healed When self-confidence resumes Can we again enjoy Passion’s grand perfumes. Remember … Forgiveness is the perfume a flower leaves on the shoe that crushed it.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014




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Date: 7/26/2014 4:04:00 PM
That is a great poem, Jack. That last line is very powerful. Forgiveness can move the hardest of hearts without that heart even realizing it is happening. forgiveness is one of the greatest forms of love. Very well written, my friend.... Robert.
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Date: 7/26/2014 4:54:00 PM
Thank you, Robert. Forgiveness, for some, is an extremely difficult effort, in fact it can be impossible. But ... without it the "damaged" party becomes even more so, and sadly, that excessive, self-inflicted damage may be come permanent. I'm pleased you enjoyed this one, Robert. Jack C
Date: 5/22/2014 8:59:00 AM
thank you for the comment on my comemnt
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Date: 5/21/2014 10:47:00 AM
Jack, a clever write... Thanks for the vice... Linda
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Date: 5/21/2014 11:50:00 AM
I so appreciate your comment, Linda ... and I thank you for it. I'm flattered that such a poetess as yourself reads my submissions ... it truly is a humbling honor. Jack C.
Date: 5/21/2014 10:24:00 AM
great poem I love ending statement, it is very true for everyone.
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Date: 5/21/2014 11:52:00 AM
Thank you, Nathan. The ability to attain forgiveness is, in my estimation, a blessing for all who sincerely attempt to own it. Jack C
Date: 5/21/2014 5:52:00 AM
Jack, I love your similies... The last line of this poem... I will remember it always.. I wish everyone in the world could know it...
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Date: 5/21/2014 11:54:00 AM
Thank you, Arlene. You are still one of only a very, very few who have elicited tears from me with you written word .... Thank you, again.

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