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helen smith
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0 posted 2001-07-03 10:30 PM



If you will only love one another
It will be enough.
Why is it ,
As we claw our way  upward
Relentless hands pull us back
Down?
Like the crays in a wicker pot,
Have no need for a lid.
Escape is impossible .

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Sunshine
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1 posted 2001-07-03 10:48 PM


I hear a double edged comment....to leave a palm open so the butterfly may visit...knowing where the fruit is sweet...

it will come back...

no need to draw one down for love...

but I may be wrong...

regardless, I enjoyed the write....

SmittenKitten
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2 posted 2001-07-03 10:48 PM


Love can be so tough can't it?  And what an understatement that is.  Great metaphor!
~Krista

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3 posted 2001-07-03 10:53 PM


very powerful, Helen! It's all in the conditioning....the elephant is held by a rope he could break easily...but he doesn't try....fight the conditioning and escape is possible...
Waseem Cheema
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4 posted 2001-07-04 01:56 AM


Yes.......Love is the only power...It is enough for everything...
CocoBaci
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5 posted 2001-07-04 02:09 AM


Helen, thank you for a great read there's not much more I could add 2 what our PoetFriends above have already said...

Hugs2u
*~coco~*

thecraig
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6 posted 2001-07-05 06:51 AM


Not every Cray wants the first trap Helen.

Qumar Fatthi
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7 posted 2001-07-12 04:48 AM


"If you will only love one another
It will be enough."
yeh
it is enough
Love has power......................
nice poem...................


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