Unsavory blessings
waft my way these days.
The silence I once longed for
is a burden. Now, I dream of
your laughter, and I have even
made peace with all my old tears.
The ones I cannot shed are so bitter.
Heartache is under-rated, I have found -
and “nothing” is too hard a feeling to bear.
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Written January 8th, 2006
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You have this listed under “Maudlin Angsty Crap” and i know it’s your poem and all and you are allowed to do whatever you want to it, i mean with it, but dear-heart this is not crap...ok a bit maudlin, i’ll give you that and angsty, you cna have angsty but Deb, this is not crap. Every time i come to one of your works i am always caught off guard, probably why i waited so long to comment (let the dust settle from all the others gathering to see what you wrote) You have a way, with your writing, that seems to open my soul and allow me to see inside myself. Yeah, i know, you wrote this for __ because of __ that happened. But it seems like this is for me as well. Maybe its the specific word choice that grips me and holds me shaking me awake to ask why does this poem resonate so deeply, what area of pain inside of me has yet to be healed, in what area do i ache---all that and more comes from this poem. I always read your work aloud (as i have here) so that i can get the fullness of each round word, each crisp consonant and every subtle sibilance that softly slides out and into the air. I know this was prompted by a hurtful thing and i can identify with this empty hollowness that creeps about to ensnare all the good things. But I am sure there are good things, good blessings, about in your world. I pray that you find the grace to see them more and more with each passing day. Blessings and best wishes, ♥ ~richard ♥
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The only way the heart grows void is to close it off and bury the feelings until they die. Your poem makes me feel this blatantly. I wish to speak, but I understand this all too well. What I do know is that your words reach for light like a hand to a door knob. To envision a full heart again is to enable it.
Have missed you....
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Sigh within a sigh I cannot lie...it hurts too much to visit one sigh upon the other.
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Heartache is under-rated; an experience that people who have not felt it brush off and those who suffer it think is eternal. I know a "nothing", it means rejection to me, and it goes on and on without resolution. On the whole, I would rather have a heartache than a hard heart; I am not reduced by the inaction of others.
Your poem is chockfull of difficult emotions, I'm sure many could identify with it as I do.
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i do think that this is a common feeling at the end of an ols year and the beginning of a new one.we have our regrets as well as our accomplishments and tend to weigh one against the other.we get that be careful what you pray for backlash.i wanted this thing once but do i still want it.it's sometimes like the lesser of two evils or of two gods.life is complicated and when you are an emotional being and a very deep thinking one,those complications can increase.everything has to be questioned as we go forth and still have the need to look back.we then begin to feel a void and wonder how we can fill that void.what we have to remember is that voids are usually a sentimental tweak we get as we move ahead.trying to fill it will slow us down.voids are signs that we have reached another level in our growth and our lives.we must forge ahead void and all.no ,it's not easy and it's certainly easier said than done ,but we can't be stifled bythem.you are an amazing lady.you write with the spirit that completes your essence.you think,you care and your strength carries you on.you have to have voids because you do stop and care.you write with the depth of your soul and it's that depth that will either help fill those voids or help you to understand why you must move on.how i have missed your writing so.
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This seems to have touched your readers on very personal levels. That's awesome it means you are succeeding as a writer. Having your reader identify with and feel because of your skill as a writer is wonderful for everyone involved.
I hope these are just thoughts penned. You seem very forlorn in this. Perfect. -
I have felt this way. It is a very difficult feeling to bear. It makes my heart ache for you just to read this. And all I have to offer are words. This is beautiful in its misery.
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i really enjoyed the ending line "and “nothing” is too hard a feeling to bear."
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This is a very chilling write, and the picture goes perfect with this emotional tell. Its dark and sad but was well written. It made me as the reader really feel your pain, good job and keep on writing!!!
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this one is written very well
and it describes a feeling all to common to us all
its weird isnt it how day by day all of us
experiance they same hard ships and problems
(granted some are worse than others)
but is is so few of us that are able to poetically
express our true feeling
in your case how the lost love of another made you fear not even death as you felt like you had experianced the worst
and was allready dead,
and some of us which im not sure could prehaps be your case do not need to personally feel or experiance something to write about it
Dylan Thomas for istance wrote about things concerning people far past the age of a twenty year old
yet he did it with such brilliance and conviction.
anyways,
Good poem!
Thanx!
God bless!
ps: i liked to that it was short, My attention span is virtually non existant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -
Dark & Chilling
Tragic is the first word that comes to mind. Indeed, "nothing is too hard a feeling to bear." If we feel pain, at least we know we're alive. This poem shows a lot of emotion, well worded, and succint. You say so much with just a few words, that takes a lot of talent Be well, Poet.
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this is brilliantly written, and the picture goes with it perfectly, is it you??
im sorry that your feeling this way but im sure it will get better in time.
really great poem with form, and beautiful language.
jess
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