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At Last I Understand
Author:
Knight of Day PM
I have learned that we must fortify ourselves with strength of the soul and not the strength of the multitude becuase, in the end, it is only we who will live our lives.
Rated: Fiction T - English - Poetry - Words: 165 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-11-03 - id: 1469122
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At last I understand.

I am alone.

Utterly and completely

From birth until death

All the people who love me in the world will never change that

All I have is me

All that I am

All that I have learned

All the strength and weakness

All my potential

Fulfilled and unfulfilled

It will have to be enough

Because it is all I have

I have learned many things

Things that mean the difference between existing and living

I have learned to be cruel

I have learn to be unfeeling and compassionate at once

I have learned never to share my soul with anyone

I have learned that to be indifferent for most of my life

Means that I can be happy the rest of it

I have learned that kindness doesn't mean happiness

That affection is inconsistent even if love is not.

Most importantly I have learned to rely on myself

And only myself

That is, I have learned that I should

 

 

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