Roses have thorns.

The Risk

By: the iHope Poet

Life isn't meant to be lived in heartache;

though the heart does break, breathing helps us mend.

We don't climb trees with the intention of falling,

and when those branches don't hold, we just climb again. 

The risks shouldn't keep us from choosing the greatest, 

yet we must regard the prices we have chosen to pay.

So when we lose, or ache, or fall, or regret, 

it's best to accept the beauty caused our pain today. 

No, we wouldn't fly airplanes with wings tipping down, 

or expect our best kite to soar without wind. 

We wouldn't pick roses that've wilted and withered;

But we don't drop the flower when its thorns prick our skin.  

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