THOSE WE LOVE - THOUGHTFUL POEM

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Here is another one of my favourite poems for you. Enjoy...

They say the world is round, and yet

I often think it's square;

So many little hurts we get

from corners here and there.

There is one truth in life I've found

while journeying east and west,

The only folk we really wound

are those we love the best.

The choicest garb, the sweetest grace

are oft to strangers shown;

The careless word, the frowning face,

are given to our own.

We flatter those we scarcely know,

we please the fleeting guest,

And deal full many a thoughtless blow

to those we love the best.

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox