How very Shakespearian of you, what with the contradicting phrases. I like, I like!

The last lines, is that a quote form somewhere, or did you make it up? Well, that is my favorite part. Added this story to my favorites. I also like the second and third lines. The second line of the second stanza needs some revising, I am not quite sure that is proper grammar.

Should you laugh or cry? I think you should smile and be proud... really! I love this poem!!

"It is not the calm after the storm, my friend,
It is the calm before the next."

How true...

I don't know if this is incoherent. It does seem more like prose than poetry, but I like it all the same. I didn't really understand "the despise all the poison in life and the grip of death." However, the conflicting refrerences to "thousand silences" and "whisper to deaf ears" were pretty. Very nice :)

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