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Observational Poems
Burden
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Burden
Do I truly carry this burden,
Or am I the burden that the people I love carry instead?
Written by
scipioafricanus
Published
20th Mar 2016
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Re. Burden
whale
- Edited 21st Mar 2016 4:12am
21st Mar 2016 4:11am
this is the paradox - the greater the weight you carry the greater the weight on those around us
a weight well grasped in this thoughtful haiku - bravo
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