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Rea de Miranda's avatar

"When a manโ€™s hand touches the hand of a woman

they both touch the heart of eternity." - Kahlil Gibran

You have the soul of Gibran in your heart Joe. ๐Ÿ™

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Joe Nichols's avatar

I try to channel him at times, thank you so very much for this wonderful comment!

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meredith's avatar

Yes, Joe Gibran.

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Joe Nichols's avatar

Thatโ€™s a strong comment! Thank you,

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BEFRIENDING LIFE's avatar

Words fail me again, Joe! You are a word wizard. A Truth minstrel. A million thanks would be insufficient! Restacked to my humble site.

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meredith's avatar

Yes.

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Joe Nichols's avatar

Thank you so very much and I am honored that you would do so. Thank you again.

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Martin Mc Carthy's avatar

What a marvellous poem, Joe. Very perceptive and insightful, and has a wonderful, timeless, philosophical tone about it, I especially like these lines:

"Even our sacred books speak falsely of her

saying she was carved from man,

as though the sun could rise

from the light of the candle.

We were not her creators,

but her echoes."

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Joe Nichols's avatar

Thank you so much Martin, I appreciate your time in reading. And that is a wonderful comment, I am honored. Thank you again.

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Stephanie Marie's avatar

Beautiful. A man who truly sees. ๐Ÿ‘

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Joe Nichols's avatar

Thank you Stephanie.

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Unforest Air's avatar

Wow. Yes! Andโ€ฆwow.

Grateful for those words.

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Joe Nichols's avatar

Thank you so much!

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Cynthia Bishop's avatar

What beautiful words! It seems like youโ€™re speaking of women and of Mother Earth, although that may just be how I read it. I really love this.

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Joe Nichols's avatar

Thank you Cynthia. The joy of reading sometime is the reader gets to decide. I appreciate you and your time in reading and commenting,

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meredith's avatar

It would be wrong to say that this is the best one because theyโ€™re all goodโ€ฆ but this is beautiful ๐Ÿ™

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Joe Nichols's avatar

Thank you so very much Meredith.

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Terry Angelos's avatar

Really really good and uplifting to read.

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Joe Nichols's avatar

Thank you Terry, sincerely. I hope you are well and I appreciate your comment!

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Deborah Thompson's avatar

Simply gorgeous, Joe.

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Joe Nichols's avatar

Thank you Deborah, truly.

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Simona's Stories's avatar

Truly wonderful Joe !

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Joe Nichols's avatar

Thank you so much Simona!

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Nazish Nasim's avatar

Very beautiful, Joe ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

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Joe Nichols's avatar

Thank you so much Nazish, I appreciate the comment!

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Matthew Wainscott's avatar

Truly divine artcraft

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My Walk's avatar

๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿ’ž

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deester's avatar

These wordsโ€ฆ these.. โ™ฅ๏ธ

Witch, when her wisdom frightened us.

Whore, when our desire turned to shame.

Mother, when we wished to be held again.

Lover, when we wished to be undone.

Wife, when we wished to own what we could never understand.

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Joe Nichols's avatar

Thank you so very much D!

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Karen Sommer's avatar

Thank you ๐ŸŒ™

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Joe Nichols's avatar

Thank you for reading!

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Jenifer Walsh's avatar

So much beauty here. โค๏ธ

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Joe Nichols's avatar

Thank you so much, Jennifer!

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