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The Great Work

A Labour of Love

By Insinq DatumPublished about a year ago 1 min read

The Great Work
Photo by Vincenzo Marotta on Unsplash

Lovers are blest with a fiery test

Challenged to wrest ore from their breast

A forge fit to fuse their souls

The quest calls forth their best

Diamonds form from coals

They craft a nest

Emptiness

Now fills

Spills

heartbreak

About the Creator

Insinq Datum

I'm an aspiring poet, author and philosopher. I run a 5000+ debating community on Discord and a couple of Youtube channels, one related to the Discord server and one related to my work as a philosopher. I am also the author of DMTheory.

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  • ReadShakurrabout a year ago

    So heartbreaking

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