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Posted: February 3, 2015 Filed under: Writings by one ambidextrous... 11 CommentsI say this with some diffidence
that the world is full of struggles for recognition
coterminous with the quest for love and reverence
but also fears of indifference
and tears of rejection
© Heath Muchena, 2015
On The Heath 
i think we take rejection far too seriously. it can also be a gift. better to lose the wrong person than to stay with a person who is too weak-spined to offer the freedom where true love is to be found.
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Its the tears of rejection that water the choking vines of resentment
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very true 🙂
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I like the alliteration of diffidence and difference. With some of my British friends I can’t tell the diffidence anyway!
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thanks buddie… that’s funny 🙂
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Beautifully expressed, Heath. I love your choice of words – coterminous, diffidence, reverence etc. Lovely. I’s funny how fear of rejection worries so many of us.
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Nice Heath – powerful writing here.
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thanks Millie and Mary… always appreciated 🙂
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I love the not so frequently used words you use in this poem. Striking and powerful language.
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Recognition is something we strive for, all of us. And tears of rejection are much bitter in indifference of them by the world. But I also happen to agree with Steph……aptly expressed though!
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