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There is a great element of: There is a great element of fear when starting over or anew.  Our insides turn to jelly and hummingbird wings, all the while discovering it was a silly thing to worry over at all.  As always, wonderful writing. 

Thank you for the comment,: Thank you for the comment, and for being one of PostPoems' best.  Like the sites other pillars, you set an example both of literary excellence and of courteous fellowship that more of the members ought to emulate.  And, as long as I am able to put two words together in a phrase, I will be sure to point that out.  

I really . . . REALLY . . .: I really . . . REALLY . . . like this poem.  That first line is quite a hook, it yanks the reader into the poem which then accelerates immediately into its subject matter with no delay, and no chance to look back or back out.  Like the first notes of a sonata's major theme, after the intro, lines five throug nine set both the theme and the pace, and then the poem swiftly and effeciently works its effect upon the reader.

I sat beside your beautiful: I sat beside your beautiful lake, letting my mind wander to those visited in my memory,  and in my smile, I found the beauty in your words inviting me once again to my youth, where " the unblinking water" held its mysteries in my own imagination.  I thank you for such a wonderful gift, and for the peace I once found on that shore, alive again, through your words, and talent. 

I feel a little awkward here,: I feel a little awkward here, commenting on this poem.  The situation is, of course, none of my business; but in what you have disclosed of it, in this poem, I shall first commend you for the bravery you have demonstrated in describing the situation (but this bravery is not a new aspect; it has always been a part of those poems of yours that I have read).  And I commend you for summarizing the situation with neither bombast nor guttertalk.  You maintain your dignity as Poet, and you maintain the decorum of your poetic language even as you deal with a difficult problem, one of the most difficult (I would surmise).  As long as I have known your name on PostPoems, you have been what I might call one of this site's Pillars---not only for your verbal skill, but also for the way you have faced problematical situations with both honesty and courtesy.  I applaud you, Metaphorist, for who you are, how you write, and the significance that you bring to this site.

Hello:  Thank you so much this made me cry you seem like a very nice man I don't get on Post Poems alot but thank you so much. Now I am dealing with health issues I had a knee replacement in 2019 which has being a night mare they had to take out my knee and put a spacer in just a long story.