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Wounds and Love

Dedicated to my dear friend, Clarissa Chung, for inspiring the poem

Are there wounds that run too deep?
Would those wounds completely heal?
Your courage you try to keep
Your bleeding wounds you conceal

You've opened your heart to love
But your heart keeps getting hurt
'Should I hide my heart in a glove?'
'Why invest my heart and effort?'

'Should I protect my heart with walls?'
'Keep myself safe from great pain?'
Suffering came after the Fall
We get hurt again and again

Christ opened His heart to us
We've spurned Him again and again
His love was deep and courageous
On the cross He bore our pain

It's the cross that gives us courage
To break down our protective walls
To free our hearts from their cage
God's love causes walls to fall

God's love invigorates our hearts
We love others with His love
It is God's love we impart
Divine love that comes from above

I may hurt you; you may hurt me
But I'll still love you, my friend
God's love resides within me
A love that knows no time and end

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Joanna Daniel

Date: 9/29/2017 8:50:00 AM

God's true love surely knows no end, Joanne, I agree with you:)

Joanne Liaw
Date: 10/3/2017 12:28:00 AM

His love is everlasting! How comforting is that!

Faraz Ajmal

Date: 8/19/2017 11:59:00 AM

Such a beautiful poem, if a friendship or love is true, no matter how much you fight each other, eventually both of you will regret it and apologize, this thing is most common in girls, my mother and sister, I ve seen both of them fighting with their friends but in the end crying and then acting like such thing never happens, anyway, can you plz read my poems as well and tell me how they are

Joanne Liaw
Date: 8/21/2017 3:12:00 AM

Thanks so much for the encouraging feedback. Will read your poems as well and let you know my thoughts on them. :)