Change

These are hard times for some of us. You’re strong, girlfriend. Handling life as it throws its junk at you. Keep on keeping on and I’m so glad that you write it out. For as painful as it can be, you encourage all of us.
And your poetry rocks!

Aww. Thank you so much for always supporting me. It def helps to write it out.
Big hug. ❤️

Excellent write... killer last line... your authenticity is phenomenal...

Thank you so much Lil. I feel humbled.
That was such a nice compliment on a dark day.
Much love

Great poem, and yes, that last line is amazing.

Hello! Thank you ever so much.
I love hearing from you.

hello beautiful Debbie the depths of this poem inspire pangs within my soul...

great write 💕

Thank you so so much. I'm honored to have inspired you. And pangs is a fav word, lol
Your work inspires me a lot. 💜

Nice metaphor and direction.  You're definitely getting better.  There's a nice "clear" flow here.  Quite a creative atmosphere, with what you used to describe.  You'll find that with more experience, more of the variables come naturally, such as vocabulary and just mixing everything together.  Thanks for sharing.  Keep putting that work in!  

Thanks so much for checking out. Your feedback always fuels me. I feel like I want to write with a deep and maybe unspoken honesty that is universal to human emotion. And I like hearing it was a clear flow, lol
Thanks again.
Everyone here on DUP has given me the confidence to strive to write my best.

Yeah, the more work you put into it, the better the product.  Keep getting experience!

"All great days expire, now just logs in memory's fire."

Wow, what an amazing line.

LJ

Hi! Thank you so very much.
Appreciate you reading. 😊

This was a great write. " Friendships shift seasons " is a great line.

Thanks so much. I see friendships changing sometimes like seasons. What was once warm is now cold.

And bravo on your latest poem!! I really look forward to seeing your progress.

Thanks for explaining the 'Friendships shift seasons' line, Debbie. I wasn't entirely sure in what context you meant it but makes perfect sense. However, friendship can also benefit us when it's genuine. When it works, friends can help us get though the seasons, thus shifting them in a positive way. I'm happy to be anyone's useful distraction. 😊

Hi. Thanks for checking out. That was kind of coming to an acceptance that even great friendships can change like a season.
I agree, genuine friendship pulls us through.

Such an incredible expression of life...
Drowning in the oceans of time and cerebral waters.
Seashells whispering constant memories.
Life's erosion takes a toll and changes everything.
Friendships and love are shifting tides.
Often they batter us about but we still need them so much.
Our perceptions of self are so volatile.
So many non-reciprocal exchanges...
And so often we wish we could burn some memories.
But perhaps they will never expire.

I love what you wrote in return. ❤️

It is a joy to read something this good. The rhyme scheme is especially well done.

A student once asked the legendary Japanese American Zen teacher Shunryu Suzuki to sum up Buddhism in one sentence. Everyone laughed at the impossibility of the task. He said, easy. Everything changes.

Hi. Thank you so much. Yes you are right, change is the only constant.
Thanks for stopping bye!

This is quite a good poem, i love the imagery through your choice of words and feel the pain behind them, but something more, moving on to a better place to be.  

If i may be so bold as to make a suggestion, use as few commas and periods as you can get away with, let rhythm and the words convey the meaning, there is freedom in the poetic expression to play with language and form.

Thank you for that suggestion. I appreciate any feedback that could help me.
And thanks for checking out.