Forged Feelings

Pain is the blackness of carbon,

And iron the joy that we feel

Placed in the fire of hardships,

Together, creates stronger steel.

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Pain on its own makes us brittle,

Hard, and easily broken down.

Joy is much softer, not rigid,

More forgiving, and more unbound.

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Joy and pain mingled, united,

Are more than the sum of their parts.

By welding them both together,

We forge resilience in our hearts.

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So, let joy temper your sorrows

While understanding that, in time,

The finish will all be worth it,

In the magnificent Sublime.