Saturday, December 8, 2012

Pain



                                                  Picture by John Storr                              
Image: Lion Cubs Wrestling
Sourced through Wikimedia Commons (here)

A measure of strength
One mobilizes the test
To emerge triumphant

No pleasure without
pain.It provokes the resolve
Right above all else

Written for Leo's Haiku Heights #199 with prompt -pain-

15 comments:

  1. there is def pain along the way when you are moving through life...or toward to success, no matter how you choose to define it...

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  2. ooch, that is painful indeed. But those ring shows are sometimes fake, the real pain is in losing ~

    Morning Hank ~

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  3. Yeah pain will always come not matter how much pleasure surrounds. And although most is fake, those guys put their bodies through a ton.

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  4. No pleasure without pain...So often true in life! Nicely done!

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  5. Pain and pleasure - two sides of the same coin. great words.

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  6. No pleasure with out pain, created very well!

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  7. I like his fuzzy boots! Great entertainment to watch, tho as mentioned above much of it fake.

    Boxing takes it toll on the boxer, that is evident, they sustain the most pain I think.

    xoxo

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  8. No pleasure without pain ... yeah !!!

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  9. It's rather paradoxical, isn't it, that pleasure and pain are sometimes so closely interwoven.

    Lady of Sorrows

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  10. the pleasure is sweeter after the pain...

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  11. Pain and pleasure - sigh.

    I like how you used the phrase "finishing touches" :)

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  12. Pat is right - pain is inevitable. However, it's almost always a temporary condition :)

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  13. Pain and pleasure. Both are transient. Nice work.

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  14. The fight metaphor is excellent. I enjoyed the haiku

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