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Prune Your Soul

March 27, 2018
By TheWisp GOLD, Belvidere, Illinois
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TheWisp GOLD, Belvidere, Illinois
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"The un-examined life is not worth living"
-Socrates

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An old boxwood in our yard,
got cut back in the spring.
And where chopped branches
once hung dead, now
springs forth youthful green.
How is it that
death’s cruel clippings
make life return full force?
It’s because all your setbacks
Give you more space to grow.

© Erika W., Milford, CT

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