hello dearest Damian I love the flow here and the content is so true I feel you on this ❤️

Well said my friend. A powerful message I can relate to.

i love this…the rhyming scheme…your words, impressively expresses the
compelling validity that stares us in our faces. an amazing write!
~ c

Dear D,

For me this was on fire. I kept thinking of close calls trying to stay in my lane at the same time of feeling lured into another. With just enough sliver of light to keep the full on pitch black from engulfing my soul. Intense write. Great piece. H🌷

I like how this moves through doubt and self-interrogation without rushing to answers. The questions feel earned, not rhetorical.

There’s a simultaneous sense of strength and uncertainty in this that drag at me. Like you know you made the right choice, but how close was it to the edge? That feeling I know all too well. If we’re not reviewing actions, we’re probably doomed to repeat them. Goes for individually as well as globally. Another layered one. Keep chasing thought, my friend. You always bring gold when you do

Love this! Skepticism is not paranoia, though gaslighters may disagree. Experience provides a roladex of patterned behaviors, and when there’s multiple red flags its no longer paranoia but an obvious truth.

I’m not sure, but those who make it to old age tend to come to a calm acceptance. It is the end of the journey, and perhaps for some the battle. Yet, those who do make it that far should see it as a blessing. So many do not get that far.
Life is half attitude, really. Find the good, even if small. It’s there.

Powerfully penned, Peter. Excellent write my friend. I concur with Mark, getting older there is a calm acceptance that takes place. For me it was recognizing my mortality, and realizing if I didn’t change my perspective I was going to die miserable or suddenly. Or worse yet, both. I can relate my friend but there is a blessing in figuring out that changing the lens helps a lot. We all go through this you’re definitely not alone. Appreciate you.

Damian

Powerfully penned, Peter. Excellent write my friend this has layers. Appreciate you.

Damian

Thank you for your considered comment.
🙏

Beautifully penned, Brenda. Excellent write my friend. Appreciate you.

Damian

Chère C.,
You tag it love.
And that’s what I wish for you.
Heaps and heaps of love.
Warm regards, Gus

Stirring the cauldron with a naked glue that sticks to the dark.

Atticus Abbey

You are very welcome.

This needs a follow-up, Brenda, because, it’s so good.

Powerfully penned, Brenda. A very bittersweet write my friend. Appreciate you.

Damian

Fantastic Brenda. Your poetry always shines, whether it’s dark or not. Nice work.xo