XXXII

[nevertame]

audioTo love at all is to be vulnerable, love anything and your heart will be wrung, possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even a beast. Wrap it carefully with hobbies and small luxuries. Avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the box of your selfishness. But in that box, safe, dark,

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[justcautious]

...could be better, that. In't always just a bloke's heart ends up broken.

[nevertame]

What tale are you willing to share?

[justcautious]

Dunno if it's much of a tale really, an' I reckon Ray'd kill me for spreadin' it more around th' Network.

...I dunno, seems like things might work out sometimes for some reason an' then they don't. Anyone's askin' for it being a poof, I s'pose, but I didn't think I WERE one. Only liked R--only liked this one bloke. An' if I'd said nothin'...well, I reckon we'd still be mates. But as is, I don't think 'e ever wants me talkin' to 'im again.

An' 'e gave me a kickin' besides. Dunno why I'm tellin' you all this, anyway. Don't even know you.

[nevertame]

If we knew what would happen then we wouldn't have lives to live.

Have you any regrets for what you know to be true in your heart?

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[sparkling_by]

[sparkling_by]

[sparkling_by]

Do you need a hug?

[nevertame]

Do you need an invitation?

[o_tea_p]

Very wise words indeed.

[nevertame]

Perhaps proven far less by declaration than by experience.

[o_tea_p]

Isn't that always the case?

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[perspectiveguy]

Yeah, but I think in the end, in hindsight, love is worth it. It's worth the pain and the heartache.

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[nevertame]

And has your heart changed? Has it grown larger?

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[perspectiveguy]

It can. Right now, it isn't. It's a heart in transition. But, I know I have the capacity for love and that matters. Is letting someone else in going to be easy? No. It never is. But, you get back on the horse.

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[nevertame]

Your perspective is a rare one.

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[breakmychest]

Never heard the expression, "Better to have loved and lost," then?

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[nevertame]

I have known it.