{"id":3587,"date":"2013-04-30T15:48:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T15:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/triciabatessmith.com\/?p=3587"},"modified":"2023-07-29T16:36:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T16:36:38","slug":"my-beloved-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triciabatessmith.com:443\/index.php\/2013\/04\/30\/my-beloved-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"My Beloved Pain."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A poem by Tricia Bates Smith<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><em>I hold you so tight,<\/em>\n<em> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; absorbed in past emotions of suffering.<\/em><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">I am enamored with your controlling mind, \n           full of worry and dread.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">We age together \u2026<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">So familiar we are with one another. \n           Who am I without you?<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">My body is transformed by my obsession, \n           becoming bent and diseased.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">I am lost in you \u2026 <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">We share so much.  We snuggle together, \n           blanketed by our fear, living outside life.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">I look for the separation between you and me. \n           Who am I without you?<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Dearest Pain, it is all too much \u2026<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">I name you beloved pain, \n           Declaring your separateness from myself.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">I can envision you distanced from me and now ask \n            \u201cWho am I?\u201d<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Farewell beloved. \n           I choose to live in gratitude. \n           I choose to live in forgiveness. \n           I choose to be worthy. \n           I choose to accept the blessing of today.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poem by Tricia Bates Smith I hold you so tight, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; absorbed in past emotions of suffering. 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