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would we love a baby’s laugh
if we never heard it scream?

would we grasp reality
without the vision or the dream?

would brightness of sunrise
mean as much without the night?

would the trophy from the victory
mean as much without the fight?

would we ever feel the joy
if we never felt the pain?

would we love the warmth of sunshine
if it wasn’t for the rain?

when the darkest times of sorrow
on our path came bearing down

did it not define the joyfulness
that later we have found?

if never were we down
would we know what’s up?

if once we tasted dregs
would we lift another cup?

and if never did we die
then never would we live?

most likely would we miss
what life would like to give

so one defines the other
on this path that we will go

is this what life about
or does anyone really know?

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