It hurts to bend
But the pain of snapping could be even bigger.
It hurts to bend
But bend you must for the sake of love.
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Be like bamboo, bend but never break. the saying goes. The poem brings bamboo to life. Beautiful verse.
TENDER LOVE IS THE ONLY PROTECTION - not any love, but tender love, the one which already free from vanity and aggression knows how to prevail. We conquer by bowing not defeating. Your poems give us ordinary folk a chance to celebrate our peaceful lifestyle, because we are in each other's good company, and none of those proud and powerful ones want to hear the truths your poems speak.
Liked the comment of Tirupathi chandrupatta, I just second it.