Poetry: Silencing my pain
@innertalks (21026)
Australia
January 25, 2023 5:10pm CST
I was hurting.
I was pained.
Nothing was left.
Nothing remained.
I agonised,
in my way.
I struggled,
on my path.
Life was hard,
in my anguish.
Silence was noisy,
in my language.
Love silenced fear.
Pain remains not here.
My fullness emptying.
My crying completed.
I was loved.
I was cared for.
My pain all gone.
My silence, still again.
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Consciousness requires pain to expand itself in our mind, but the love in our heart can quell all pain.
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@RebeccasFarm (86764)
• United States
26 Jan 23
Love..such an elusive word for me.
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@innertalks (21026)
• Australia
26 Jan 23
Yes, love can be elusive, but at other times, it can be very real, like the love that my mother had for me, and continually demonstrated to me too.
@RebeccasFarm (86764)
• United States
26 Jan 23
@innertalks Oh yes, Mama..my own Mama as well was the very definition of selfless love. I am so glad you remember your Mother too Steve RIP. I will never forget the picture you shared of your Mother holding the wooden cross RIP
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@cacay1 (83223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
2 Feb 23
@innertalks yu are welcome , Steve.
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@RasmaSandra (73473)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Jan 23
That is a wonderful and inspirational poem,
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@Shiva49 (26204)
• Singapore
26 Jan 23
The only way to live in hope is through unshakable belief and love without borders.
That way, the meaning of our existence becomes the driving force to look forward to another day
Otherwise, life is devoid of meaning, and despondency kicks in.
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@innertalks (21026)
• Australia
26 Jan 23
Sometimes, meaning jumps out of the woodwork of life, and bites us on the foot, though.
Such a wake up call can be life-changing.
I think that such ultimate meaning is there, whether we see, and acknowledge it, or not.
@innertalks (21026)
• Australia
28 Jan 23
@Shiva49 Yes, we mellow with age, and grow more patient and forgiving of others, as we should do, if we have acquired any life-acquired wisdom of living.
@Shiva49 (26204)
• Singapore
27 Jan 23
@innertalks We also have a different perspective of things around us with the passage of time. One tends to be more forgiving of the faults of others as we get older.
Nowadays, I tend to be more compassionate by putting myself in others' shoes.
Then I surmise I could just be like them if placed in similar circumstances and mental plane.
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