Will You Love Me

I will if you share your ice cream! 😁

Nicely done, H 🌼

Dear AJ,

Vanilla, chocolate or strawberry? I’ll share my ice cream with you any day. 🍦🍨
Thank you so much for your lovely comment. H🌷

Hi Honoria!!

Yes - I do love ya and this poem!!
You always give great feedback and always in a positive state of mind when commenting.

Did I miss the bus on the ice  cream too?

Dear A,

Thank you so much for your sweet comment. Of course you didn’t miss the bus. What’ll ya have? 🍨🍦
H🌷

Very nicely done H . Good luck in the comp!
Loves you always
Jackie xoxo

Dear J,

Thank you very much for your kind comment. It’s so great to see you back! I really appreciate your support. Thank you again. H🌷

Dear BP,

Thank you so much. I’m so grateful for your read and comment. H🌷

What a big question, that we all ask sometimes... such longing in this little write, it makes my heart hurt a bit. Sending huge hugs.
❤k

Dear K,

Thank you kindly. Some days I just can’t help but wonder? But, you mustn’t let your heart hurt because I’m serving ice cream 😉🍦
Thank you again for the lovely comment. H🌷

Yes! And, a heart is never worthless
Did someone mention ice cream 😁🍦
Good luck in the competition!

Dear NG,

Quite right, a true heart is never worthless. Excellent point. Now, what’ll ya have? 🍨🍦😊
Thank you so much for your support. H🌷

Hey H…….another fantastic ink you’ve written…….I think about this a lot……few yet so powerful in their meaning……..have no words to tell how this made me feel…….got give a “wowzers”…….purple luv & hugs xo :)

Dear FG,

Wow! Thank you. I am so honored by this praise and lovely compliment. I guess I can’t adequately express in written-conversation style how I’d like to carry on to your comment because there are many thoughts I think we’d both be able to relate to, so I’ll leave it here for now with another thank you. Your kind support is treasured. H🌷

Yes, you have my love
For being distinctive and wonderful
You bring so much to so many

Three and a 1/2 fingers babe
The extra 1/2 to remove any rust

Xo

Dear PS,

Well, I was hoping but I didn’t want to look desperate…

LOL with the extra 1/2 finger. Good call though, it’s been a while, things have settled. 😉

Thank you so much for your lovely comment and support. Xx
H🌷

It's a lovely poem. It reveals the weakness of a person who would like to keep  obtaining what is dear to her. I am sure he will love you whatever you are because you have very poetic feelings.

Dear J-Z,

Thank you very much for this wonderful comment, RL add and beautiful introspection that I would have continued to overlook if not for your wisdom. I am very indebted to you for this insight today and will cherish its impact. H🌷

Yes dear H🌹. Love should always be there in whatever state you are in as a comfort and assurance that you are always loved. Lovely poem🌹

Dear S,

Thank you for that. Would i only remember it when needed. I’m so grateful to you for this lovely comment and RL add. Your support and kindness has been a treasured gift to me. H🌷

Dear H,
The million dollar question.. are we accepted for who we are, not matter what that may look like in any given moment. Yearning to be loved, cherished; loneliness loud and threatening.
Great write!

Dear U,

Yes and if I collected that mil every time I asked it I’d be a gazillionaire!
Alas. I’m rich in the humbleness of your kind and thoughtful comments.
They mean more than money any day of the week. Thank you very much. H🌷  

Of course, you deserve the love you want.
A very powerful ditty. It has so many feelings inside.

Jasmine

Dear J,

Thank you for these words of strength and positivity. The support in that alone is powerful. I so appreciate your read and kind comments. Thank you. H🌷

There's something intangibly poignant in the direct address and focused brevity of the write. 💖🙏

Dear D,

Thank you. I’m relieved it made some sense. With limited syllabic allowances and line count it was a 50/50 shot in the dark. 🥵
Thank you very much for your thoughtful accounting of this write. I’m really very grateful to you. H🌷

Maya Angelou says the more creativity you use, the more you have, loosely paraphrased. I am sure that is true. Still, I never much cared for having limitations to my writing. Very much a free form, free verse type of writer. I hope you did well in the comp. No worries I thought it was lovely *hugs*

I like the Maya Angelou paraphrase😊she was definitely on to something with that. Thank you for your sweet compliment towards this write. It was a good experience for me to try it. Xx

breath or breathe?  And why no punctuation?  How does the absence of question marks where they should appear advance the effectiveness of this submission?

Dear B,

I can not believe the oversight of breathe! Thank you for pointing that out. I will correct it immediately.
As for punctuation, I left it off purposely for the reader to emphasize and accent where they felt it would work best for them. Thank you again for your read and observations. H🌷

Yes! You are so very loved Honoria and your heart is gold. Now lets share some ice cream. :p

Dear K,

Thank you very much for the RL add and your sweet comment. I really appreciate them, especially today!
It feels like an ice cream sundae sort of day with three scoops! Meet you at the ice cream parlor 🍦🍦🍦
Thank you! Xx H🌷

Poignant.

Dear L,

Thank you as always for your read, RL add and kind comment. I really appreciate your visits! Thank you.
H🌷

You words brought up deep emotions, I'm digging this H.

LJ

Dear L,

Thank you very much for your kind comment. It was a very clever competition and I’m glad to have had the chance to experience this style of writing. Thank you again.
H🌷

Dearest Honoria,
Your poem is the deep nourishment I needed to correct my emotional diet, so to speak. Much has already been said and I agree with all of it, —with your beautiful impact here and the fact that yes, you're definitely worthy of unconditional love, wholly without question .... more than...in my opinion.

However, for me, this little nugget represents more than the wondering.... or the asking of those questions...It represents your personal growth; fighting through self doubt and the possibly of fear setting in, discouraging you from posting a poem that was so vulnerable, real, raw... and ultimately gorgeous, in it's brevity and poignant deep dark admittance.

THAT is why you're words feed my own thoughts.... reminding me that it's ok to be poetically vulnerable in exposing that which is hard, embarrassing or even extremely pleasurable....

You're an amazing part of my DU experience and I really appreciate and revere your sensibilities and bravery of your poetic decision-making....

Well freaking done, my friend 🙏🏻
Much love,
🌹 - B

Dear BV,

Yes! It is more than okay to be poetically vulnerable. It’s even more than okay to be humanly vulnerable. I’m still hashing out the details on that last one but it’s important to remember that especially when we feel like shutting down because to do so feels better or stronger or safer that we don’t, and that’s why I find your kind response so meaningful. You help me remember these things and to take chances. I’m really grateful for that. And your generous RL add. It’s the cherry on top. Thank you. Xx
H🌷

Sometimes some works are easy to RL but hard to comment let alone critique...

Job H.

Dear C_F,

I totally get that. Your stopping by and gifting me the RL was more than plenty and I’m very grateful. Thank you. H🌷

Wonderful mix of light and dark, mortality and divinity.

It seems to me that we drift from innocence and certain realizations
may come about, in this drifting, some of these realizations
being those characterized as self knowledge, perhaps.

And this sort of self knowledge is often deeply personal
forms of truths, that are possibly nearly impossible to even admit to ourself.

I think these sorts of truth create drifts, also,
from the ideals of our existence, such as...

Love oh so perfect and beautiful.

and to have this self knowledge, and understand it,
and be able to communicate it...

may or may not widen the drift,
the drift between the ideal and the potential of realizing the ideal?

I am not shore about this...
but...  I think that that is what I read here,
the understanding of and articulation of this self knowledge,
which is both...  damnation and possibility?

Because if someone can except you, following something like this...

I think there is such great potentialities of what might be
and what this might become...

I know this may or may not or man and may not
be completely or partially or entirely from your perspective...

Nevertheless...  I think anyone with the opportunity to be there
for you, in this capacity, is supremely privileged.

Because you are awesome and amazing.

Dear CO,

I think you pretty much nailed it. Some days it’s begging not to be thrown out with yesterday’s trash because of one bad day. And there’s the hope. Things can turn around on a dime. I really appreciate your insight and time reading this piece. I also appreciate the RL add. You are kindness itself.  I’m grateful for your lovely comments. They are a wonderful lift to the day. Thank you. H🌷

I am loving on this beautiful spill of yours, so vulnerable. Praying Jesus Love overfills you daily

Dear T,

I think JC’s love has just overfilled my cup right now by this lovely comment. Your read was wonderful enough. That your praying, on my behalf,  JC gives me more is beyond measure. I’m humbled and grateful.
Thank you. H🌷

Is it truly the love we are seeking from another, or the love we are seeking from ourselves. I sometimes wonder about that. If I could truly look at the mirror and see true love, would it open the window to receive the full love of another.
The things I contemplate, I guess.
This poem has me thinking about a lot of things.
A few lines with such power. Well done.

Dear E,

Great twist in thought. Self love. While this didn’t start out as the thought I can certainly see that as another way to view this.
Now you’ve got me to thinking. I don’t know what I’d actually see if I truly looked in the mirror. Self doubt more or less. I really like where you went with this. Thank you so much for the RL add and wonderful comments. I’ll ponder over this for days. H🌷

Such a beautiful piece. Expressing such earning for love and acceptance as you are even when you don’t love yourself.

Dear M,

Thank you very much for the RL and lovely comment. I’m so touched by your thoughtfulness and really appreciate your visit today. Just the perk me up I needed. Thank you.
H🌷

Comment #926

At first I thought the addition of question marks was a reasonable suggestion, but upon further examination, the questions pose enough of a rhetoricality ( I just made that bullshit word up ) to dismiss their inclusion.  It's good to see you stepping out of your comfort zone with such a brevity inducing form.  Congrats, you have achieved Level 24 Poet status.

Dear JB,

“ Comment #926” LOL! Omg! You crack me up!

I appreciated the question mark suggestion also, it is a valid grammatical inclusion. However,I really preferred the reader to make their own inflections.

Thank you very much for the RL add and wonderful comments. It was outside my comfort zone and a great introduction to a form I’d never heard of- I rather enjoyed the challenge of it.

Reaching Level 24 Poet Status is something I never thought I’d achieve! Holy poetry, Batman!  Icing on the cake compliment! Thank you!!
Only 687,000 more levels to go…H🌷

This pierces through all the layers of the soul.

Beautiful words

Dear W,

I’m so touched by your sweet comment and generous RL list. Thank you very much! H🌷

Asking the question might suggest a shadow of doubt, but then again taking things for granted often leads to disappointment. Your humanity always shines thought so powerfully, H -- loved it.

Dear J,

Hello and so wonderful to see you! Thank you so much for this lovely comment and RL add. One should never take love for granted because you are so right, in doing so, the disappointment is awful. For me loving and being loved is a delicate strength. An absolute joy to see your response tonight. Thank you. X
H🌷

I keep coming back to this poem, as it is so incredibly well written. I felt every word!

Dearest M,

Thank you for this honor and the highest praise. I am so touched by you reaching out to share this with me. It is a kindred heart and spirit who understands this write. Thank you. ❤️

How did this slip by me ... great work H ... crisp ... poignant ... great lines breaks ...wonderful flow ...

Dear L,

LOL, I posted it under the radar.
Thank you so much for the RL add and wonderful comments. They’ve made me feel very happy. Thank you. H🌷

Such a sad powerful poem, written from with depth.
I do love it,,
I know it may sound silly
but I feel like I should reach out n hold you tight for a little while
And watch the light return
But
All of this is done solely
For my personal pleasure
There will be payment due of course
That payment being
One large tub of ice cream of course
For nothing else would suffice😂😂😂🍦🍦🍦🍦💜💜💜

Dear W,

A tub of ice cream seems a small price to pay for that hug. Thank you for your kind and insightful comment. I’m very grateful for your read and visit today. This was a ray of sunshine that brought a lot of joy.
H🌷

Brava, Honoria❣❣ Such a poignant question. It's not easy to stay in love with one who doesn't love themselves...especially if they behave self-destructively...just ask my loved ones. Those who do stick with another through think or thin are embued with an abundance of uncommon compassion and kindness.  
And thank you for the new, most ominous, word, stygian.

Dear GW,

LOL…ominous new word…Stygian…that’s funny. Glad I could oblige though. I loved your insightful comment, it’s shed a light for me on a particular situation and I thank you for that. Also for the generous RL list. Much too kind! Thank you so much! xx
H🌷

Okay maybe I was a little hard on myself 🤪

Just one word : Beautiful.

It’s been far too long since I’ve had a visit here my darling ♥️ sorry :( it’s really punishment for me because your poetry always gets me or I get it—! we get each other 🤗 I love you and this is powerful woman, very very powerful. I’ve been along for the ride long enough to know exactly what you mean here, and I feel you girl ♥️ Ugh 😑
Stay up love your a amazing lady xxx
Jackie xo

Dear J,

It’s always lovely to have you visit whenever you can. No timelines here. Thank you so much for understanding this poem and the gracious RL add. I always feel mute trying to properly express my gratitude. I’m glad and not glad you got this piece. Because you know the pain of self loathing but I will say it’s not as lonesome knowing we’re rowing on the same side of the boat 😊.
Thank you. Xx H🌷

You deserve to be loved & You will be loved.

Dear N,

A lovely heartwarming message to receive this fine morning. Thank you very much for this beautiful comment. I truly appreciate this. Thank you. H🌷

Yes, you will be loved.

Dear A,

Thank you for your read and lovely comment. I really appreciate it. H🌷

Beautifully expressed Honoria... this one speaks volume

Dear MV,

Thank you for your kind comment. I really appreciate it. I wish you a wonderful weekend. Thank you again. H🌷

I was just rummaging through your poetic drawers....

The first two lines of this have been in my head since I first started here (around the time you posted this).  I couldn't remember where I saw it.  Til now.

I know the door has been closed on this one for a little while.  And the choir went home.  But, the echo reverberates still.  It led me back.  

What a wonderful piece you wrote.  It carries.  

Dear S,

Rummaging around my drawers usually costs at least a dinner first mister.😉

This is an amazing declaration that it has been rummaging around your head for a bit. I’m very flattered, truly. Thank you for opening the door and getting the choir back together again. 😊
This is a lovely comment to pick me up during the day and I really appreciate this. A lot! Thank you.  
H🌷

Beautiful!

Dear R,

Thank you very much for your read and kind comment. It’s great to meet you and thank you again. H🌷