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A Beautiful Pain
\nMaharaj Kaul<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A Beautiful Pain presents a collection of poems ruminating on joy, beauty, and the wonder of life. Meditating on life\u2019s meaning, it explores the range of human emotions, from the pain of first heartbreak to a study of the quintessence of inner luminosity. Poet Maharaj Kaul searches for the truth of life in this collection, which like life itself is multi-faceted and has a few grand themes running through it.<\/p>\n

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There is a road in front of us smoother than any highway we have seen,
\nThere is music beckoning us more rapturous than we have ever heard,
\nThere is faith in us stronger than a million facts we have known,
\nThere is a light within us more luminous than the thousand exploding suns,
\nWe were born with a spirit thirsting for the infinite.
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