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Fragility of Life
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Sunday, January 19, 2025 Rated "G" by the Author.

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-- The Fragility of Life -- by John Herlihy The fragility of life Recalls the delicacy of the rose. The fragility of love Summons the negativity of hate. The fragility of hope Matches the depths of despair. The fragility of the secret Lies in the threat of its betrayal. The fragility of the promise Exposed to a tendency to be broken. The fragility of waiting Fortified by the specter of arrival. The fragility of the spider’s web Lies in the strength of safe refuge. The fragility of life Lies in the intake of breath The fragility of death Lies in the last outtake of breath - - - - - Copyright © John Herlihy Thursday 12 December 2024

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Reviewed by Jms Bell

Reviewed on February 25, 2025

HOW BEAUTIFUL THIS PIECE! INDEED THE FRAGILITY OF LIFE LIES IN THE INTAKE AND OUTTAKE OF...EACH BREATH, WHICH IS ENTIRELY IN GOD'S HANDS. THANK YOU. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on January 22, 2025

I can see that much thought went into this wise portrayal of how fragile life is. We just had our annual cold front these days that has turned the landscape from green to a hush and beautiful white blanket that will surely end up with all of the flora that is not protected turned brown. But hiding in the trunk of durable trees and shrubs where seeds and eggs and larvae surviving until the warm spring sun allows them to become active and grow again.

Reviewed by Mystic Rose

Reviewed on January 19, 2025

wow ! your always so deep in thoughts, yet your poetry flourishes with surfaced wisdom every time, Thank you John, we missed you this month !

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com

Reviewed on January 19, 2025

The word "fragility" is definitely the word for the day. Hostage exchange and the subsequent carrying out of the truce is perhaps more than fragile... its brittleness is teetering on the edge of another failure to achieve peace, unaware, perhaps, that it seems that anything that is agreed to in that part of the world is historically infirm.

It feels good to read a take like yours, as the global fragility we could be in for in the coming months with the loose cannon in Washington is frightening.

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