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Michelle | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 May the 
Hand of 
Sorrow 
Tremble 
At the thought
Of touching 
Your heart 

#Poetry #SmallPoems #MicroPoetry
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7f80d53a | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Fear of causing unwarranted pain to another - hesitation in reaching out, betraying, perhaps, too tender a concern.  Maybe a fear that the reaching out may lead to rejection.

Yet, if that heart has already been touched, what real basis can there be to tremble, @Michelle?  The power of fear is always greatest in anticipation, I think.