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My name is Joy, and I love to write. Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground. Kiya's gift. I love it!
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"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."
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Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
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This is my supplementary blog in which I will post entries written for prompts.

November 13, 2016 at 1:57pm
November 13, 2016 at 1:57pm
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Prompt: There is a personality trait in many people; it is something you really admire, but you don't possess much of it. However, there is a way you can trade your most favorite thing about yourself in order to attain this trait. Are you or are you not willing to make that deal, and what are the traits involved?

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I admire people who, when attacked with a put-down, give back what they’ve gotten or come up with a scalding and strong reply. As for me, nada, nil, zilch! Ever since I was a kid, if attacked verbally, I freeze; my brain is put on hold and I stand there like a totem pole with an ax stuck in its middle. After the fact, however, I can and do think of the cleverest retorts. Go figure!

I thought about this and came to the conclusion that the best way could be to imagine put-downs by certain people and store those ready-made replies inside my brain; however, the practice of this feels to be such a negative way of thinking that I feel if I did this, I would lose my self-respect. Anyhow, one never knows from which angle the put-down will come, although one can easily guess from which people it may originate.

Would I trade one of my most favorite traits in order to be able to come up with good replies? I don’t think so. Although I really admire the quick-and-effective-retort ability in others, I am not ready to give up a part of me, which I like and is important. So, I guess, for the rest of my life, I’ll stand mute like a dummy when a certain someone or other picks on me. *Laugh*


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