Friday, September 24, 2010

[Time Doesn't Always Heal]

They say that 'time assuages,'-- 
Time never did assuage; 
An actual suffering strengthens, 
As sinews do, with age. 
Time is a test of trouble, 
But not a remedy. 
If such it prove, it prove too 
There was no malady. ---Emily Dickinson

sundial, Arizona, Marie Byars photography

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2 comments:

Rose said...

Emily Dickinson is one of my favorites; the theme here is so true--I think we gain strength through suffering, but that doesn't mean we've forgotten the sorrow.

Thanks for dropping by and visiting me!

September 28, 2010 at 10:12 AM
C. Marie Byars said...

Thanks for dropping by, too! I got too much into FB & away from the blogs. Think I need to get back to the blogs. Anyway, American culture has not typically done well with these sentiments; we're "supposed" to be optimistic & have grieved through any type of loss within a matter of months to a year.

September 28, 2010 at 10:26 AM

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