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\"\"<\/a>Living with pain can be hard but beneficial,<\/strong><\/span>
\nSay people.<\/strong><\/span>
\nPeople can be utter strangers on a marketing spree<\/strong><\/span>
\nTo win new followers,<\/strong><\/span>
\nOr friends loving you, yet under the spell<\/strong><\/span>
\nOf their new gurus.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In the case of friends, I know I can trust<\/strong><\/span>
\nTheir love and devotion, their sincere desire<\/strong><\/span>
\nTo rescue, support and dance the victory tango<\/strong><\/span>
\nWith me.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Yet, how I see my pain is hard to define or describe<\/strong><\/span>
\nIn terms of general knowledge<\/strong><\/span>
\nOr in the trend of new age spiritual thinking.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s be who and what we are<\/strong><\/span>
\nNo matter what, or when, or where.<\/strong><\/span>
\nLet\u2019s raise our glasses high<\/strong><\/span>
\nBelieving tomorrow will anyway provide.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a9 2026, MaryK<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This poem is written after the beautiful and rather difficult prompt of Poets and Writers United \u2013 Friday Writings #247<\/a>: Reframing Negative Concepts. It was a challenging one for me, and before writing it, I read the takes of other poets and writers who had shared their works with the hope to get inspired. And I did get inspired. So, if you are wondering how to tackle the prompt, or the issue, go on and read them.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Living with pain can be hard but beneficial, Say people. People can be utter strangers on a marketing spree To win new followers, Or friends loving you, yet under the spell Of their new gurus. In the case of friends, I know I can trust Their love and devotion, their sincere desire To rescue, support … Continue reading “Living With the Pain – Raise Your Glasses High”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[83],"tags":[132],"class_list":["post-4729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetic-pieces","tag-poetry-prompts"],"yoast_head":"\nLiving With the Pain - Raise Your Glasses High - Sweet and Bitter Stuff of Wonder<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This poem is written after the beautiful and rather difficult prompt of Poets and Writers United \u2013 Friday Writings #247: Reframing Negative Concepts. 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