Great Poem For All of Us Here

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Registered: 03-05-2007
Great Poem For All of Us Here
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Tue, 03-20-2007 - 6:23pm

Here is a poem that I was given YEARS ago and really hit me. I think this is kinda the "perfect" break up poem for empowerment and for learning, eventually, what is in our hearts. Hope you enjoy {{HUGS}} to all of you out there.

After A While

Author: Veronica A. Shoffstall

After a while

you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul

and you learn love doesn't mean leaning
and company doesn't always mean security.

And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts
and presents aren't always promises

and you begin to accept your defeats with your head up
and your eyes ahead with the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child.

And you learn to build all your roads on today because tomorrow's ground
is too uncertain for plans and futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.

After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much
So you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul instead
of waiting for someone to bring you flowers

And you learn that you really can endure, that you really are strong and you really do have worth

and you learn and you learn
with every good-bye you learn.

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Registered: 07-11-2006
Tue, 03-20-2007 - 6:26pm
That's great, and all makes perfect sense:) Thanks for posting.
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Registered: 01-01-2007
Tue, 03-20-2007 - 7:02pm
OMG I have this poem. It was given to me years ago when I was in college and I was dumped and I thought life was over... funny that it wasn't but I sure feel like it again right now. Anyhow, I had just pulled out a book I used to keep of poems and quotes that I read or found in the school paper and I read it. It is so true and fits us all.