“Cruelty hides within a fractured observation

So much disconnect fuels everyday frustration”

Yes.. yes this had me nodding my head. I like how you created this.

Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, PAR. So glad you connected with the write my friend. I’m blown away as always by your supportive commentary brother and it really means a lot me. I’m just sharing the lessons learned from my journey in this life. Appreciate you.

Damian

Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Clay. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Thank you so much for your continued support it really means a lot to me. Appreciate you.

Damian

Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Mark. So glad you connected with the write my friend. I’ve been rhyming for so long as a writer that it’s become muscle memory. I don’t write many free verse poems because no more than I pen a couple of stanza’s I’ve already started rhyming without even thinking about it. lol. By that time I like what I got already, so why go back and take out the rhymes and lose the plot. I don’t count syllables because I’m too lazy for one thing and I always write while listening to music, so I guess I’m following the drummer. Or my wife thinks I follow my heartbeat which I guess could be the case, since I have wrote without listening to tunes it’s just not very often. Appreciate you.

Damian

I bet you feel so much better now this is out here and presumably doing the rounds .. well penned my literary friend .. Neville

I think it’s funny how everyone (including me) noticed the perfect rhyme schemes.

Favorite lines: Everyone’s got a story what’s yours?

He’s unable to read between the lines

Looking different behind closed doors

She’s left all alone where hatred dines

Jealousy can tear two people apart as easy as a bird tears the limbs of a mouse.

Another fine poem, Damian.

There is so much in this one, and too many amazing lines to quote. This is a masterpiece in subtle storytelling, if one pays attention. That question of what’s your story carries a lot more weight than meets the casual eye. Because how do you answer that? My sweetie always says “Be more specific? I could answer from a dozen different angles, all truth, and still not answer what you’re asking.” Another incredible piece, my friend

That opening line is an attention grabber.
I’m loving these with the couplets and rhyme scheme.
Excellent work sir.

This is passionate. Like this Crimsin

Passionately penned, Brenda. Another excellent write my friend. I concur with Fia. Nicely done. Appreciate you.

Damian

This is really good and there is nothing wrong with living on the edge.

Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Neville. So glad you connected with the write my friend. I like those two stanzas a lot as well. Always thankful for your continued support. Appreciate you.

Damian

Dear D,

This piece brings in memories of writing letters, buying actual record albums, listening to the radio on an actual radio. I greatly appreciated the thought process in this write and the subtle warning to be aware of things lurking about. Terrific write. H🌷

Thanks so much for reading and your kind words, Keith. So glad you connected with the write my friend. Just trying something different. Appreciate you.

Damian

Dreams are casting doubt once again
It sometimes seems it’s so deliberate
Like a stiff jab landing across the chin

Fantastic, absolutely fantastic.

I walked through this one like the aisles of record stores, and frantically scribbling in my spiral bound notebooks, and trying to survive in a world full of so much that sorting it out became impossible…so we just chose live in the music and the words. The conversations that felt monumental then…come back today and feel even more incredibly relevant. But we hadn’t thought of them in years. Like the binding of time through word and thought. So hard to feel those moments in a time like now, when everything is fake news and nothing can be trusted. You took me on a journey here, my friend

Great vibe on this one, nostalgic but also fond of warm memories.
Nicely penned.

Crimsin I enjoyed this piece and the picture is amazing.

thank you graciously dearest Styxian I deeply appreciate your thoughts ❤️

This is very beautiful. I want to read this constantly now. Thank you 🙂

Beautifully penned, Brenda. Another excellent write with a spiritual vibe my friend. Nicely done as always. Appreciate you.

Damian

“The onyx kingdom welcomes me” is lovely and profound. You have laced your words into a contemplative journey throughout this piece. Very nice.

This is cool. I relate to the nervous energy at times I just keep going.;))

Powerfully penned, Brenda. Another excellent write my friend. Nicely done. Appreciate you.

Damian

Chère C.,
A little rhyme replying your lovely poem:

This photo’s truly showing
What I always knowed*
Parking on the sidewalk is
How to define off road

So rope in a big wheel
and you’ll be certain of
One big wheel will be enough
If you want lasting love

Clumsy? Yes!
But so what!
There’s more than enough people who take themselves too seriously…

*Dion Dimucci’s past sense of knowing
Warm greetings, Gus