Walking on thin thread. What you leave behind as you say can be a burden and so is what you carry with you. Either you balance on the thin thread or you cut loose.
I like how you see things that I didn't know existed in a poem so this is a very welcome comment. Thank you Opti. Acceptance is liberating but it takes a while to learn how to accept with grace and how to reject things that shouldn't be accepted.
Wonderful! I'm loving this shift to a darker tone in the poetry recently. It's working really well and adding an instantly gripping and mysterious atmosphere to everything. Well done... 😎
Couldn't agree more. Unless someone comes up with outrageously wrong conclusions that misrepresent the piece and writer. In principle, definitely. Poems are so dense and hence allow for various working outs of words and that's the beauty of it.
I've never hear that but readers are definitely shaping part of the experience and understanding of something. Co-authors hey? Is that not taking it a little too far? I don't know about this one it deserves some serious thinking. Thank you for 3musesmerge!
A dark room to develop a photo, not musty that I know. A memory best in contrast black and white.
Memory of what you leave behind can become a burden.
Matches are the light to see that photos do burn.
Between the two of you, we're getting a sequel to Dark Rooms. Love it! Thank you Paul and Richard!
Great imagery! Thank you Richard.
Walking on thin thread. What you leave behind as you say can be a burden and so is what you carry with you. Either you balance on the thin thread or you cut loose.
Wow, Pilgrim! The arc is so assured. I feel reticence to face grief and yet accepting it produces a stunningly positive ending. ❤️
I like how you see things that I didn't know existed in a poem so this is a very welcome comment. Thank you Opti. Acceptance is liberating but it takes a while to learn how to accept with grace and how to reject things that shouldn't be accepted.
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Wonderful! I'm loving this shift to a darker tone in the poetry recently. It's working really well and adding an instantly gripping and mysterious atmosphere to everything. Well done... 😎
Thank you so much Chris. I think the dark feel is present in most of the poetry. I don't look for it, it's just there. Thank you for your kind words!
Understanding darkness and keeping it at a distance as much as possible is a great plan. I like the tone in this, Pilgrim. Well done.
Thank you Rod. It's like enlightenment reading everyone's take here. How to guard and how to move on and grow and become stronger.
I think it’s great when people interpret poems different ways.
Couldn't agree more. Unless someone comes up with outrageously wrong conclusions that misrepresent the piece and writer. In principle, definitely. Poems are so dense and hence allow for various working outs of words and that's the beauty of it.
I love those last three lines!
The comments here add much to my “take-away” from your poem.
I read once that a reader is the co-author of everything an author shares — bringing their own meaning and perspective to the words.
Fascinating to see it in action here.
Thanks!
I've never hear that but readers are definitely shaping part of the experience and understanding of something. Co-authors hey? Is that not taking it a little too far? I don't know about this one it deserves some serious thinking. Thank you for 3musesmerge!
My pleasure Writer Pilgrim.
Once we set it free… it belongs to the world?
Certainly! That we can agree on!
I also don’t like to longer in dark rooms. Gotta let the light in!