The last stanza is brilliant. Love it and the poem. Great work!

Brilliantly penned, Thomas. Preach my brother, preach! You nailed this out of the park. Excellent write my friend. Appreciate you.

Damian

Awesome.
Indeed, it’s that little angel/demon upon our shoulder, compelling us to write something, anything, to relieve the pressure of wanting to say something to the void. Life?Love?Pain?Loss? All of it.
Your write is terrific. I think we all write “for ourselves”. yet to have someone acknowledge our words does mean a lot. It makes us feel like it does matter, after all.

Excellent ink & Not a single drop wasted .. Neville 😎👍

Thank you, my friend.

Yep. That’s just the way it is. We create because that’s how we deal with the world.

That last stanza…is everything. It’s never about accolades. It’s because we must. Damn…

So true.

Powerfully penned, Thomas. Excellent storytelling my friend. Nicely done as always. Appreciate you.

Damian

Brilliant .. sums it up perfectly .. Neville

This is fantastic poetry writing my friend! Gritty, strong, like a shot of whiskey. Colorful, great story telling, and imagery. Great work.

John

Waw raw and I can see the imagery in this.

Goldenmyst said it accurately. I concur wholeheartedly.
But, thunderbird? My god, man. At the least Seagrams 7 !!! LOL
This is very good writing. A bullseye on a dartboard of a swanky bar life.
Awesome.

Outstanding and real. Nice work.

Thank you.

I love how you wove it all together into a cohesive story. There’s an underlying homage to the women and their fire and marks left on you that ties this all together so beautifully. I can’t help but think you made a difference in their existence as well. Fire water or no, this one is brilliant

Thank you. I appreciate you.

Powerfully penned, Thomas. Excellent write my friend. Appreciate you.

Damian

Thomas this spoke to me of a man who found the summer within after a long lifetime in winter. Really loved where this took me as I read. Truly fine work.

John

This is great work
Regards
James

Much appreciated.

hello dearest Thomas I have come so far I can feel you there…I’ll meet you there alone…Robyn was beautiful always giving to others…congratulations on you sobriety I wish I could say the same it’s not in the cards for me and the dark is constant company ❤️

Powerfully penned, Thomas. Excellent tribute write my friend. We’re losing so many voices far too early, I feel this one. Congrats on three years of sobriety brother. Lucky for us, we walked away from that demon. But no one walks away unscathed, we carry those scars still. Appreciate you.

Damian

Thank you. Much appreciated.

Robin was a hard blow to so many of all generations. When the darkness swallows them whole, it leaves us a little broken. This is an incredible tribute to those voices and a great example of your own. Those 3 years are a thing to be proud of, I know they can’t have been easy. Congratulations!

I can’t tell You how this touchs me personally… Profound, genuine, sincere and moving the innerself in a whole way. This is a true masterpiece not only as poetry, but as feelings and human nature. Thank You for writing and sharing this truly outstanding piece 🤍

Thank you.

Thomas loss was never painted more strongly with with such sad nostalgia as in this poem. Loved this and could feel it deep down. Because most of my old friend have passed on too. I miss them and see myself in your poem.

John