Circles

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Everything runs in painful circles.
A woman full and fertile
with child, moans in agony.
A man struggles for his family,
to bring happiness and health back
to the home. This is how life stacks
up and collapses in simplicity.
We go around in eternity.
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Feels good to write a small and simple poem. Well, simple in form I guess...

Cheers!

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