uma
magical as always...although i haven't seen much of my life yet i realised that pain makes the life worth living...it gives meaning to happiness...so cheers to your poem and cheers to pain.

lots and lots of love
uma
2008-09-02

Zoya Zaidi
'Pain is a doble edged sword',
I think this is the title of the poem i had written here sometime back...
And i stand by that even today: '-it cuts both ways...'
but, yes, it is neccessary too to know it, so as to realise the value of happiness, Love and satisfaction as opposed to it!
(((Hugs, Kathy)))
Love,
Zoya
2008-08-29

Colin Skilton
Hi Kathy how are you my darling?, have not written to you for an age but you are still in my heart.
Sadness indeed is the key to move on but also joy and love can be the key to move onwards and upwards forever.
I hope you find peace and love on this planet as well as beyond.
Colinxxx
2008-08-28

Saga
still moving, as always!!!
2008-08-28

wonderful write as always Kathy, I think writing is a wonderful way of transferring your emotions to others, and you certainly do that. god bless Eddy
2008-08-28

Phyllis J. Rhodes
This work of art reminds me of the story of silver and how it is processed. Were silver a living thing it would feel excruciating pain as it is made malleable and beautiful in the fire. A woman asked a silversmith how he knew the silver had been in the fire long enough and he said "When I can see my image in it." This is how God works through our pain to make us stronger and wiser and more like him. God always shines through your poetry. It has purpose and readers are always touched by it. This time of pain you are going through is producing some of your best work that readers can take to heart and use in their lives. Know it is also making you more and more like Him.
2008-08-28

maxmedo
When i was born my dad wasnt around me so my uncle raised me, my uncle died when i was 5 years old. Althought my true biological father is alive and he loves me but i dont feel that i have a father, i learned one thing from the pain since i was 5. When ever i wanted to see my uncle i dreamt of him, i was young and i really didnt know what it meant when they told me that my uncle is died, i thought he would be gone for sometime and come back again, but when i came to reilize that he woul neer come back again, i cried and cried. One thing im doing right now, im making my uncle proud of me im making myself a better person for him, if he was alive he would have loved to see me become a better person. God bless your soul and i know one thing that i can embrace you from where i am right now. All those loved ones will unite with us again all in one heaven, i think about this way, god tok him cause he is a good person and god will reward me by uniting me with him again, im sure, have faith.


Love and Hugs,

~Max
2008-08-28

Janine>K
to see the rainbow u need to live through the storm. Pain is very powerful it can make u want to die. But pain can be controlled to an extend..stay strong Kathy....Your poems are so great. Never leave poetbay. You are an outstanding poet
Janine
2008-08-28

So true Kathy, we poets breath painful poetic truths and that is a blessing for us, our outlet onto the shores of humanity, to remind us what it is to feel! I am dealing with my pain today, relaxing, being with my family, eating and drinking to the future and the wonderful memories we have been left with....we pass on more than just memories to the ones we love the most....And as you say here so elequently, only we who have received such love quite understand the depth of the pain, that losing such love, leaves us with. We all deal with pain differently, but beware he who buries it....like a timb bomb it will go off one way or another, only love can true deactivate such a devastatingly destructive device such as grief suppressed.

Hug from Tai, take care and just keep riding the wave....
2008-08-28