fade

A vase ...containing painful spectre of thorns and dried up roses...the form of this poem but in no way lacking the beauty with which it is arranged. Brenda this is exquisitely delivered..connveys the pain and emotions with such effect that it evokes a tide of emotions in the reader.

wish you a tranquill new year dear friend!

KDAmB

thank you KDAmB for relating to the pain in this write.. just writing out a bad couple of days..

love Brenda

You will never fade from my mind. You are too damn real. I always loved that about you Crim. We need more Crims 🤗

"I'm tired
of the game
people and personalities
I want to shut them away
keep out the quiet voices"

Great lines 😁

thank you DC you touched my heart with your comment..

love Crim

Not fade away...
You paint a tranquil portrait but there is turmoil hidden beneath the layers of colored oils pushed across the canvas, constructed around a grave waiting to be filled. Do not go quietly into that dark night Brenda. We will not let you rest in peace. The living will haunt you and your ghost will become tired of death...
JJ

thank you JJ for picking up on that yes it's the turmoil of family life that is getting to me petty wars between people I love can be so tiring..

love Brenda

put a boat beneath you crim

thank you Graham for making me smile :)

love Crim

I think the crux of the whole thing is captured perfectly in these lines:

"I'm tired
of the game
people and personalities
I want to shut them away
keep out the quiet voices"

Life, with its human games, can be so draining when we're struggling to get our feet on solid ground.  May this year bring peace, healing and much inner love for your soul, beautiful Brenda.  Much love...
Willow

thank you lovely Willow yes it's the games people play that is making me weary of marching on.. thank you for the love you sent my way with your comment..

love Brenda

Dark, dark write, Brenda. Much more so than anything I have read from you, even though you are basically a dark poet, still . . . THIS one touches me more completely than the others. Don't know if this is how you "really" feel or not, but if so I'm hoping you work your way out of it. You've so much yet to give this old world. I love who you are.

I do feel this way Jerry but I have people I adore that need me so I keep marching on and will never simply give up.. thank you for the love you've shown me dear friend it's encouraging..

love Brenda

i agree with the gentleman above,
there's something more dire here
than in your other dark poems,
perhaps the utter lack of bravado?
am not sure....
... feel this though & send transatlantic hugs
xoxo

thank you beautiful one for the love and hugs.. yes no bravado here just bare pain.. I feel like giving up sometimes..

love Brenda

The depth of your words are felt, and deeply so.
I understand the turmoil and noise, which can exhaust the heart and mind.
You express yourself flawlessly in your writes.
You are an exquisite gift, which shall never fade. Even in the midst of life's craziness.
Achingly beautiful, lovely Crim 💓

thank you lovely Heart for feeling me and for the beautiful comment..

love Crim

It's a cycle dear Brenda, you just have to listen to your body and mind and take time to heal from inside.  We all need to do that from time to time..sending hugzz.

thank you beautiful Rina yes you are right things get bad but they always get better..

love Brenda

You will get through this, Lovely One.  You will get through this because you are walking through it with poetry in your heart. The only way to overcome something is through it. And you're marching through beautifully.

When it comes to people and personalities, it's really all you can do.

xo

thank you Sage one for your confidence in me and for a loving comment..

love Brenda

aw thank you Lily yes we will pull through..

hugs Brenda

Deep pain and sadness. This muse I know.

thank you Xmar only sorry you know this muse my friend..

love Brenda

"a ghost of myself
masquerading as human" > how I feel you, dear Crim

This write resonates deeply with me...

Love, Duende

thank you Duende dear lady for feeling me on this write and for showing me love on it..

love Crim

My Beautiful Brenda, in your moments of darkness which hover to blend you into the landscapes know that we all can still see, need and love you...you will never fade because of writes like these; where your hand is seen reaching out from the blackness, know we will always grab you....I know I always will...

I love you so much!

xoxo Taryn

I love you my beautiful one what a beautiful comment.. you always bring me out of my dark times with your love and compassion..

love Brenda

Oo, o'yeah.. a battle that seems to
be forever relentless.

sh**!, you touched inside me deeply,
my lovely vine.



-Howlings

thank you dearest Howlings none of us in this world can escape people and personalities they get us all.. I deeply appreciate your love..

love Brenda

Giving up is NOT an option!! N if you do n die, I swear I'll go to the other side n Kill u!
Well not physically but I'd tell you off somethin bad lol  :)

it was a bad morning Poe no worries no matter how weary I get I know that I need to march on.. too many people count on me.. thank you dear friend for the love..

xo Crim

Brenda, spewing the truth.. as only you can.. love you!!



Dave

thank you Dave love you my brother..

xo Brenda

Ophelia in her watery grave;
it's a gentle poem, Crim,
spoken in your tender, weary voice...

thank you hearing me John with your poetic ears..

love Crim