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January 22, 2014
By haley101 DIAMOND, Windsor, Connecticut
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haley101 DIAMOND, Windsor, Connecticut
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Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> ― Mary Oliver

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for Aaron

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not
envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It
is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil
but rejoices with the truth. It always
protects, always trusts, always hopes, ­always perseveres.” – Corinthians 13:4-8

I once thought
that I couldn't believe this anymore
even though I read it every day,
trying: some vain, crazed attempt
at reading in between those lines

(I wanted to hear another whisper
telling me that I couldn't leave yet
but I wanted it for so long
to be a beautiful reason
instead of the ironically
caustic, murdering kind)

I can't believe in this
because love is not a solid entity
it's liquid and it splashes and stains;

it burns.
I wanted to scream
that at you
then.

Today I realized: love is not
this corrosive liquid. it is solid, beautiful
and true; Leviathan's love is the higher law;
It is God.

that liquid, I know now,
with visceral rumination:
It is me.

© Cynthia A., Phoenix, AZ

The author's comments:
After reading Carver's "What we Talk About When We Talk About Love" I thought I'd share my ideas on the topic. To a good friend of mine who helped me to understand this.
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EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND said...
on Oct. 8 2014 at 9:21 am
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND, Athens, Georgia
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Favorite Quote:
To love is to be vulnerable; Triumph is born out of struggle; We notice shadows most when they stand alone in the midst of overwhelming light.

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I love this; it's beautiful. You're a great and wonderful writer. :) Thank you so much, for sharing this. I love it. :) Haha, a lot. Thank you again. :)
haley101 DIAMOND said...
on Apr. 29 2014 at 1:22 pm
haley101 DIAMOND, Windsor, Connecticut
70 articles 5 photos 195 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> ― Mary Oliver

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thanks so much!! :)  
JRaye PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 18 2014 at 2:24 pm
JRaye PLATINUM, Dorr, Michigan
43 articles 10 photos 523 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you build your house far enough away from Trouble, then Trouble will never find you.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Have you ever looked fear in the face and said, &#039;I just don&#039;t care.&#039;?&quot;

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This right here is enough to make you believe in love - all kinds. So sweet, so well said, so raw and honest and simply put. Congradulations on the publication, you absoultely earned it! :)
haley101 DIAMOND said...
on Jan. 27 2014 at 6:12 pm
haley101 DIAMOND, Windsor, Connecticut
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Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> ― Mary Oliver

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:) thanks love
TrishDestiny PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 27 2014 at 9:41 am
TrishDestiny PLATINUM, Jerantut , Pahang, Other
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&ldquo;When it&#039;s over, I want to say: all my life<br /> I was a bride married to amazement.<br /> I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. <br /> <br /> When it is over, I don&#039;t want to wonder<br /> if I have made of my life something particular, and real.<br /> I don&#039;t want to find myself sighing and frightened,<br /> or full of argument. <br /> <br /> I don&#039;t want to end up simply having visited this world.&rdquo;

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What did i said? You are great writer!! And you'll will!!!