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For all my poetry fans out there.

For all my poetry fans out there.
Posted By: Jarrin Moore on May 07, 2006

On Pain


Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses
your understanding.

Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its
heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.

And could you keep your heart in wonder at the
daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem
less wondrous than your joy;

And you would accept the seasons of your heart,
even as you have always accepted the seasons that
pass over your fields.



And you would watch with serenity through the
winters of your grief.

Much of your pain is self-chosen.

It is the bitter potion by which the physician within
you heals your sick self.

Therefore trust the physician, and drink his remedy
in silence and tranquillity:

For his hand, though heavy and hard, is guided by
the tender hand of the Unseen,

And the cup he brings, though it burn your lips, has
been fashioned of the clay which the Potter has
moistened with His own sacred tears.

-Khalil Gibran


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zina Jeffreys
Virginia State University class of 2010
hey how are you doing
Monday, May 8th 2006 at 1:34PM
Tanya Harrison
Southern University class of 1993
Awesome........ you have talent. This is my first time reading your work. I look forward to more.
.... Express yourself
Monday, May 8th 2006 at 5:21PM
A Patton
Tennessee State University class of 2010
I like this keep writing.
Monday, May 8th 2006 at 6:23PM
Jarrin Moore
Howard University class of 2010
...It isn't mine but I think it's perfect for those of us who might feel a bit homesick if your leaving something behind :>
Monday, May 8th 2006 at 6:53PM
Samantha Daniels
Howard University class of 2010
I love this poem. Wonderful imagery.
Monday, June 19th 2006 at 2:36PM
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