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Recorded Reading: https://www.dropbox.com/s/83s977046603ycw/yet%20we%20do.mp3?dl=0
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yet we do
reaching toward one another
through
social conditioning
vague word definitions
childhood pain
adult pain
mistaken assumptions
and the actions which follow
things we heard from others
things we saw on the news
things we thought we observed
things we did but don’t remember
distractions of the moment
anxieties about the future
resentments real and
imagined
irritating habits
on both sides
it’s a wonder
we reach at all
yet
we do
isn’t it
wonderful?
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Troubador of Verse 
absolutely, love this and btw the poet that is having significance in and for me, is, you…. thank you!
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The thanks for good energy received flow two ways 🙏
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after decades of distance and differences between a life long friend and I, my very first sweetheart noless , the poem hit a key note for her too…
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Wonderful! To be of service is to me a gift brighter than diamonds. Thank you so much for reaching back with this news. You made my day! 🙏
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