The Good

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DawnJ
DawnJ
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(This poem was inspired by the story of Moses as presented in the movie, THE PRINCE OF EGYPT)

Nothing good comes free…

…the cost of hope is despair:
the ache of losing,
the ache of separation.

..the price of joy is sorrow:
the escape brings tears,
the release brings fears.

…the cost of love is hate:
the pangs of abandonment,
the pangs of relinquishment.

Pain
has no synonym,
no opposite –
and yet

I cannot seem to gain
Without the pain.

Nothing good comes free…

DawnJ
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demure101demure101over 11 years ago
Too true -

too many things are Janus-faced.

LeBrozLeBrozalmost 16 years ago
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Powerfully thoughtful message raised in this should give anyone a moment's pause.

DawnJDawnJalmost 16 years agoAuthor
A PK Response

Thanks, Kolkore, for that kind and thoughtful response. As a PK, the story isn't new to me, but it only struck me then, as I watched the movie, how who we are is built, "grown", if you will, by pain. I'm a bit of a worrier, a "yes-the-glass-is-half-full-but-that-doesn't-make-it-less-empty" kinda person, so this is just the sort of thing that appeals to me.

Thanks again! I appreciate you!

KOLKOREKOLKOREalmost 16 years ago
A painfull crossing

This is one good thoughtful poem. Having seen the film myself I'll have to say that in my estimate you can take the full credit to the ethical/existential thoughts in your poem.

Having a very secular background, still Passover with the main theme of liberation from slavery (personally communally nationally -or on any level which 'binds' us, was always my favorite festival.

But you went to the subtle under tones, places we mostly we don't like to dwell on. The pain and fear we experience before we transition into a better place. And I am not talking just about external resistance. Perhaps the most tantalizing is our own resistance born of inertia and fear. I think I‘ll pick this poem as a read. .