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whisperingwalt
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since 2010-04-29

Posts 240
Coquitlam, BC, Canada

0 posted 2010-05-23 04:57 PM

Truly Alive

If what we desire
Is truly the cause
Of our deepest pain
And our greatest joys
Maybe it’s because of our fears
That we put up the walls

We’d rather live securely
In our black and white world
Than to walk out on a limb
And experience all the colours
That Life has to offer

But when we choose Love
Our hearts come alive
With the amazing hope
That maybe what we desire

Is to be able
to love another
Without the boundaries
Of past disappointments
And allow ourselves to be loved
When everything in our fragile
Wounded hearts
Is crying out for mercy

So in the end
It’s not whether we do it
Or how often we do it
But rather whether we embrace
The courage that it takes to be....
...truly alive.

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

1 posted 2010-05-23 06:10 PM

Always choose love and enjoy the colors of life, even if it may be accompanied by some pain. It's worth to dare to love and to dare to BE!

Very nice poetic work and pondering.

Love,
Margherita

whisperingwalt
Member

since 2010-04-29

Posts 240
Coquitlam, BC, Canada

2 posted 2010-05-24 01:50 AM

Margherita,
Thank you for your insights and kind comments..always appreciated..ww

threadbear
Senior Member

since 2008-07-10

Posts 817
Indy

3 posted 2010-05-24 01:31 PM

purposeful words
with noble intent, Walt.
The greater the reward
the greater the risk
but also,
the greater fear in getting hurt.
Jeff

whisperingwalt
Member

since 2010-04-29

Posts 240
Coquitlam, BC, Canada

4 posted 2010-05-25 12:44 PM

Threadbear,
You do understand...thanks for your perspective and kind comments.ww

Lamar Cole
Member

since 2009-05-01

Posts 274

5 posted 2010-05-27 01:05 AM

Love is the blueprint for happiness.

Earl Brinkman
Senior Member

since 2010-03-03

Posts 1183
Osaka, Japan

6 posted 2010-05-27 02:49 AM

Love is always the answer!

whisperingwalt
Member

since 2010-04-29

Posts 240
Coquitlam, BC, Canada

7 posted 2010-05-27 10:09 AM

Lamar and Earl,

Glad to see we are all in agreement. ww

Bastet
Member

since 2010-05-07

Posts 246

8 posted 2010-05-31 01:48 AM

A very touching poem about one of the Noble Truths of life. One senses experience and empathy behind your words. It's always good to read a poem that comes from the heart.

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

9 posted 2010-05-31 04:41 PM

Enjoyed.
Ida

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

10 posted 2010-05-31 06:17 PM

Putting up walls is easy. Tearing them down...not so much. It's not so easy for a dog to roll over and expose his belly, hoping for a rub.

But we have to do it to get the pat.

Nice work, Walt.

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