The Chance of Happiness Equals the Risk of Pain

May 29, 2019

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is romantic love.

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A number and love poem about a love that both has ended and will never end:

The chance of happiness equals the risk of pain.

Whenever you love, it's too good to be true.

Even so, it's truer than you believe,

Nor will you know till it vanishes again.

Time is a sea which opens where you cleave

Yet roils over what you leave behind.

For now, my love sings in the stars,

Or hisses against rocks like the sea,

Unraveling your life when you pause to grieve,

Returning with the sunlight, with the rain.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Romantic Love

5/27: Your Heart Is Just as Lovely as Your Face

5/28: Lose Yourself in Lust, My Love

5/29: The Chance of Happiness Equals the Risk of Pain