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Question: Have you opened mail that brought bad news!?
Darkness crashes down
like lids over eyes
sucker punched to your
knees, left winded,
the opened letter
dropped, sitting
untouched atop
dusty table surface
impacts like a two
car collision
air bags inflate
and suffocate
no jaws of life
will tear you from
this twisted mass
of raw nerves fighting
to glance once more,
hoping to discover
the ink has morphed
characters to form
words far less fatal!.
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Your last three lines, beginning "the ink has morphed!.!.!." is excellent poetic expression!. Where have you been!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
Yes i have and you arent the only one in this lonely ship at sea!. I dont know your bad news but we all have survived bad news in our own way!. Somehow we manage to get through this turmoil!. All i can say is hang in there!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Never have had something like that come my way, but i know several folks over there, and some just returned, and hope their families never have to open such a letter!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
I heard fatal words that i was in denial over for three hours or so,until someone else told me the same news and then i knew it was true and my world collapsed!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Sadly yes, powerful imagery of such a horrible moment that so many of us have sadly experienced!. You are a gifted & beautiful poet!. Thanks for sharing!Www@QuestionHome@Com
Yes I have!.!.
and now you have me very worried!.
I won't pry!.!.!.
But I am hoping these so very powerful images you brought forth are only that!.!.!.images and not reality!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
More accurately I have received subpoenas with bad news!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Unfortunately yes, I hope everything is okayWww@QuestionHome@Com
My brother-in-law and my son-in-law are both in Afghanistan at the moment!. I pray every day for them to safely return home with their fellow Marines!.
GODSPEED to them all!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
extremely powerful work, no hiding from it's impact!. Well written!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Not just a poem Ma, but a darn' good one and from someone who has been there!.
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That was not Just a Poem it was brilliant!.
It carries a wallop of an impact
Thank you so very much for sharing!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Storms do come our way at times, but the sun ALWAYS shines again!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
You O!.K!., Ma!? That's pretty deep!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Like you I am blessed to have never had this happen!. God bless those families who have!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
So you did bounce another check!.!.!.!. nice going ma!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Wow! instant impact!. Well done!Www@QuestionHome@Com
What a wonderful poem my dear!. Very well put!. LOLWww@QuestionHome@Com