A Dry Life Without Tears
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A Dry Life Without Tears
Maybe a life without tears isn't worth living,
And a journey without fear not worth facing.
Triumph without challenge: hollow,
unreal.
Maybe the sweetest love is the love of a wet tear
The love of drama
The love of pain
The love of the twisted fate
that made things this way.
Maybe the beauty of reality is the blood
The sweat
The fighting
Screaming
The claws
The falling
The sunset
The dark night
The dirt on your feet
On your hands
On your knees
In a dark muddy forest,
A wet dirty smile.
"Non ignara mali miseris succurrere disco." Virgil, The Aeneid
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From emotions even if pain, we find the truth, even purpose.
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Thank you, Tara!tarafarah7 wrote: ↑22 Nov 2021, 16:04 Wow! What an amazing poem! I have a feeling that behind these words, there's a story waiting to be told. Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work!
I do have my personal story, but one of things I like about art and especially this medium is being able to broaden the reliability. For instance, when I wrote my other poem, I Cried Today, for me I was inspired by the idea of losing a romantic love
Thank you for your feedback! I added both of those songs to my playlist!Bigwig1973 wrote: ↑22 Nov 2021, 22:43 Your poem reminds me of two songs: "Doctor My Eyes" by Jackson Browne and "Colors" by Ice-T. I'm sure the philosopher's dealt with the question of how we know happiness by knowing sadness, etc., I'm thinking Aristotle, maybe Bentham or Mill, but it's been a long time since I've read those guys. I'm not a poet myself, I'm not sure how poets actually come up with poems. I think it holds some truth, perhaps unfortunate, perhaps misguided, but true nonetheless. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you, WAQARULHASNAIN!
Thank you so much for your careful reading and thoughtful comments!Graciosa Mkhabela wrote: ↑23 Nov 2021, 04:51 Celebration of or tribute to life, resilience and navigating through emotions, emotional intelligence to live one's best life.
From emotions even if pain, we find the truth, even purpose.
Thank you!Uniter Oyando wrote: ↑23 Nov 2021, 06:46 " Triumph without challenge, hollow, unreal" This really resonated with me. It reminded me of JCole's song "Love yourz" where he sings " It's beauty in the struggle, ugliness in the success." Thank you for sharing, simple, yet so deep.
I love J. Cole, and that's a great song.
Another one of his I like and am reminded of is Crooked Smile, which includes this line that I love so much: "We ain't picture perfect but we worth the picture still "
Thank you, Fareed! I hope so too!Fareed Regal wrote: ↑23 Nov 2021, 11:42 Thank you for the beautiful poem. There is so much wisdom sitting behind your words. I hope there will be more to come.
Thank you, Namuyaba!
"Non ignara mali miseris succurrere disco." Virgil, The Aeneid
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The thing I dislike about poems is often the poet uses specific details from their experience and the poem tho beautifully written makes no sense to the reader unless explained.
Here there seems to be a story, giving it depth, while allowing the reader to feel it and making their own connections to it.
And it made me smile, that is always something.
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