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Reducing the risk.

My granddad spoke of simple things,
and grandma said, "embrace it son,
life ain't all pearls and golden rings,
sometimes it's just a setting sun,
that ends a day as you may wish,
when you are not so young of heart,
and water sparkles not the fish,
and true love lost will always smart,

but people are resilient",
she added with a subtle smile,
"and some are very brilliant,
at hurting you a little while".
I never understood back then,
but do as I look more like them,
and granddad was like those strong men,
described by friends as,"such a gem".

One single rose, lay on that lid,
amidst the lumps of frozen soil,
and it still pains me as it did,
but now it's like a bitter boil,
so much I know, I'll never lay,
beside a soul when there is chance,
of finding her one awful day,
reminding me, life is a glance.

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