Stream of consciousness writing in my perimenopausal years:
       aging and dying              gloom            desperation              mood swings              symptoms       philosophizing


Suffering and misery 
Do not 
Coincide - 
The one being valuable 
Leading to growth, 
The other merely gloom 
Stagnant - 
While vibrant and despairing 
Suffering leads on. 
From it emerges a change, 
A paradigm shift 
of worth 
And value. 
Thank God for suffering! 
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To accept, and in accepting 
Reject the possibility of escape 
Is to free oneself 
So suffering dissolves 
And relief flows. 
Pain results from hopeless struggle 
Ineffectual 'gainst torrent's rage. 
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(another Victorian-influenced phrase - but I stand by the concept)

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