Comments on: Friday 5 - Hidden Within One Individual

By: LittleWing

LittleWing — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:42:39 +0000

wow…it makes me wanna cry…what a lovely, beautiful poem…you have used the prompt this week with beautiful sensitivity…thank you…

By: susan

susan — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:30:29 +0000

Even the notorious
have had moments when
they loved simple things,

Really appreciate these lines. Thanks for the read.

I'm glad those lines were appreciated, Susan. Thank you.

By: Mad Kane

Mad Kane — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:52:10 +0000

Powerful writing. Thanks!

Thank you, Mad Kane. It is nice to know the point came across. Will be back to read more of your limericks and haiku.

By: Tumblewords

Tumblewords — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:18:22 +0000

moat of self-esteem - is such a telling phrase - lots of depth and angst in this poem. I like it!

I am glad you like angst, Susan, grin.

By: Christine

Christine — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:20:42 +0000

This poem reminds me that everyone deserves compassion, and that we all begin as pure beings.

I’m glad you read into it what I had hoped people would, Christine, thank you!

By: paisley

paisley — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:41:17 +0000

this was intense… it is so true.. even the hardest individual has moments of simplicity,, happiness ,, and even love… this was wonderful!!!!

I have often wondered, paisley if many of those so heavy into drugs were not so much hard people who cared nothing about rules or themselves, but those who felt so deeply they had to put a shell around them, almost like someone who has so much empathy they remain in pain from others sorrows.

By: UL

UL — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 05:16:47 +0000

Oh beautiful, Marcia… loved the last stanza best of all..what an insightful take. Thank you.

Thank you, UL, for seeing what I meant to be seen.

By: Michelle Johnson

Michelle Johnson — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 04:47:44 +0000

OMG! Wonderfully mastered piece of poetry. I truly enjoyed this piece. Thank you for taking the time to share this. I have to wonder, do we ever truly know what one’s memories are? What they have created as their own even in those tumultuous times? Nice job. Keep up the good work. Have a nice day tomorrow.

I don’t think we do truly know, because even if they share them, we are hearing them based on our own experiences and cannot pretend to feel it the way they do… Took me a long time to realize that, so I just present it the way I think it might be. Thanks, Michelle!