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Feb 2021
In all my years,  I've heard only a handful of people say, "What doesn't **** you makes you stronger."

It might be because it's only half true.

It might be better to say, “What doesn't **** you makes you harder."

What doesn't **** you makes you harder:
-to tear down
-to betray
-to lie to
-to leave
-to forget

But it's a two-sided coin.

What doesn't **** you makes you harder:
-to get to know
-to trust
-to understand
-to get close to
-to remember

Don't be a wall, be a sea, for walls can be torn down, by raindrops alone,  and water is the strongest force on earth, yet gentle to the touch.
This poem was written in 2018.
Payton Hayes
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Payton Hayes  Oklahoma City
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