The opening line sets up the: The opening line sets up the poem so well. What follows seems to say so much about the author of this poem - at least as much as it does in tribute to the muse.
Those first two stanzas,: Those first two stanzas, blossoming with lush metaphors within a superlative simile, were the perfect launching place into a highly evocative reverie.
You realize that small details have explosive power and that zooming in on the right ones ignite the imagination and take us places far beyond what unnecessary disclosure could take us. Brilliantly subtle with intense emotion crackling throughout.
Still lost in its perfection!
Another bite-sized: Another bite-sized masterpiece. The way you can successfully merge simplicity and sumptuous wordplay is astounding because it's deceptively difficult to be simple while there are so many pitfalls in being opulent.
This is a sweetly lyrical and profound creation that captures the passage of time in all its inner spectacle, and this line, in particular, left me wonderstruck:
"only truest gold remained"
I'm definitely a fan of your deft wordweaving.
Your prose is so fun, trippy: Your prose is so fun, trippy and effortlessly brilliant that I always go back for a second read.
An artfully casual indulgence.
You set the stage with: You set the stage with enchanting and enticingly dark imagery and then expressed piercingly raw pain with amazing prowess—stunts of language such as:
"A dream
Cut away to protect the rest from annihilation"
And the final stunner:
"I taunt the sky and dare it to destroy me"
An immersive achievement. Loved every moment of it!
Thank you for your kind: Thank you for your kind words. Please forgive my belated response, my meurodivergence in combination with my overly loud inner critic make it near impossible to practice self compassion.