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The Tear & The Tender

by Dahni

Oh, how bitter and sweet is life of often twists and turns

Of need to purge from fullness of empty heart which yearns!

It's taste is: One time sweet - One time sour

Duration: One time endlessly long - One time not an hour.

Oh, how cruel and kind is life of often foe and seldom friend

Of loss and gain - of beginning; of end.

It's touch is: One time soft - One time rough

Duration: One time too much - One time not enough.

Oh, how confused and simple is life of often slip and glide

Of need for understanding - of need to rid of pride.

It's sight is: One time beauty - One time gross

Duration: One time less - One time most.

.Oh, how hard and easy is life of often stands and falls

Of push and pull - of silence - of calls.

It's sound is: One time peace - One time noise

Duration: One time sorrows - One time joys.

Oh, how plain and varietal' is life

of shadows gray; colors, shades and hues

Of dark and light - of win and lose.

It's scent is: One time pungent - One time sweet

Duration: One time unfinished - One time complete

But, there is more to know of life

Love is the bond between calm and strife.

Love is the bond that holds and coheres

the balance of the tenders and the tears.

The tear is both joy and sorrow

The tender is both hope and pain

Love is the strength and force in life

Through the loss; Through the gain.

After all is said and all is done - The tear and the tender are victory won

And -

The tears bound by love to the tenders are -

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