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“Love without sacrifice is like theft.” Nassim Nicholas Taleb
There is a oneness
that we found or,
perhaps, we made
of each other,
smoothing those edges
colouring the other,
what’s mine is yours
those worldly goods
some stayed and
some went,
we evolved together
and, on the shape
the colour,
the style or fad,
we learned to bend
more than a little
without breaking the
integrity that
held the core of us.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
Filed under Free Verse, life, love, poem, quote, relationship
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Easiest GF DF recipes that ANYONE can prepare. No BS.
Gonna fill this page with breathings of my heart 💞
Welcome to my personal blog site. I see myself as a free thinker, life explorer, and wisdom collector. Some of my favorite subjects are psychology, philosophy, relationships, society, reading, writing, technology, and lifestyle.
Climate Change
this love fairy fell in love with her ghost
A Love Affair With The Past
Writing, blogging, journaling
Tales from the Life of a Lost Soul
parallax 
Lovely.
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Thank you for that 🙂
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Bend or break…so key to relationships. Well said, Paul.
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Thank you so much for reflecting back on this Sandy.
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Welcome!
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Well said!👍👍
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Thank you so much for that Richa 🙂
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Beautiful!
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Thank you so much.
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My pleasure 🙂
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The key to a relationship, so well written in your poem, Paul.
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Thank you Helene for those encouraging words.
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It is an inspiring poem.
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🙂
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Beautiful! This reflects my partnership/marriage of going on 29 years! ❤️
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Wow, what a wonderful journey, congrats on that and into the future.
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Beautiful!
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Thank you Luisa
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😊
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So lovely and true! ❤
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Many thanks 🙂
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“we learned to bend
more than a little
without breaking the
integrity that
held the core of us.” Such beautiful words. Isn’t this the foundation of all companionships?
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It is, you chose specifically companionship, and I think that’s true to say. But not of all relationships, sadly. But the true joy of companionship is that core and that bending, thanks so much Megha
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Yes the core and bending which people gets confused with sacrifice and compromise.Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Paul.I always love our little exchanges
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Yes I do too Megha, thank you.
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My pleasure Paul
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the wondrous compromise of a mature healthy relationship!
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Well, one of is mature 🙂
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… let me guess starts with L and ends in n?
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Gee you are sharp 🙂
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more surprising is that I can spel … 😉
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Lol … sometimes autoshirt, I mean autospell cocks it up for sure.
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yea I get you …
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🙂
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Lovely!
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Thank you VJ
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Always welcome Paul
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Beyond Beautiful…blessed. I like the quote too…definitely “theft”.
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Thank you for that. Appreciate the comments very much.
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You’re always most welcome.
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🙂
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Many thanks Douglas
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A perfect relationship, a dream?
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We have learned to bend, been together 36 years, so we’ve bent quite a bit really, but no not perfect by any means.
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Great post, Paul! We solved this by making decisions unanimous.
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Yes, good reprise, it isn’t easy and we’re not perfect but it has been good for us.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Many thanks 🙂
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Always my pleasure!!
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Beautiful!
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Thank you so much 🙂
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Very true and so beautifully described
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Yes, so true
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Just beautiful ! Very nice… I really like your blog…also visit our profile here : Rabi S Saha Photography
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Thank you
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