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“It is just a crack,” she said,
“A splinter off of perfection.”
‘Twas more than that, she understood,
Knowing what effort it exacted of her
To keep her direction,
To balance scales just so
They did not tip life
And hope
Into utter disconnection.
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Na'ama Yehuda 
You got me with the ending – great poem!
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Thank you, Philip! I’m glad it ‘got’ you …
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Great ending!
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Thank you kanzen!
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Holding it together is an art. Nice one
Happy Monday
Much✏love
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Indeed it sometimes can be. I hope for those it is, the holding of together gets easier.
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“A splinter off of perfection.” A good image… a lot of cracks are just that!
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Thank you,Roth! Ain’t that the truth! 🙂
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Maybe that is what we all are… just a splinter off of perfection!
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I can drink to that! 🙂
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:>)
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🙂
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Isn’t that the truth? Well done!
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Thank you! 🙂 I saw the prompt and was glad to get cracking…
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I’m glad the crack didn’t disconnect life and hope.
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Me,too, Frank! May it never do that for anyone!
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Sometimes it doesn’t take much to throw someone off. Wonderful!
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So true! And sometimes it is about a straw that broke the camel’s back — all fine till that one last crack …
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Yes indeed.
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🙂
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Some cracks must be endured Na’ama, some can project wisdom, some can signal the beginning of the end.
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True, that! Indeed, we all face cracks – some of us manage them better than others, some of us have more of them than others, some may have cracks in more fundamental aspects of their lives and foundation than others. In my view – and it seems in yours, too – many such cracks can serve as points of pause and potential turning points and opportunities. Some may signal collapse, but I would like to hope that in those cases, one can reach out to others to help raise scaffolding and put up support beams to help till they can be bolstered internally enough to evade demise.
Cracks themselves, IMO, are part of aging, part of the beautiful wear and tear of life. Perhaps why I like wrinkles so much … 🙂 Earned cracks, many of them are. 🙂
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A crack is in the eye of the beholder a beloved sign of wear or a harbinger of disaster, much like the cup half empty or half full. Great write.
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Thank you, Beverly. Yes, a crack can be perceived in a different way by different people depending, perhaps in part, on their vantage point and their views of what cracks represent … 🙂
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balance is an ideal. balancing is an ongoing process…
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Indeed it is! 🙂
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😁
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Life can be a delicate balance
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Very much so!
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