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Thanks lovely its been a: Thanks lovely its been a really tough month. Your words are always a soothing balm, water to cracked dry lips, breath to the breathless.

I have, at times,: I have, at times, unintentionally failed to acknowledge comments, but I feel the way you do about the simple politeness, the consideration, of a response that takes far less time to write than the poem itself.   But that's just me. Others are welcome to their opinions on this because there's no hard and fast rule, and I can't judge their circumstances, but, personally, I can't shake that sense of etiquette—just as it would be very awkward and rude to ignore someone who complimented me to my face.    When I first started posting here I did only want an archive for my poems, and I was surprised to find out that people were actually interested in my work and leaving comments on poems I didn't consider quite polished or complete. Then I discovered that this site has a feature that allows me to post privately. Other sites also allow members to keep a private archive of their poems or to disable comments. I have quite a number of poems in my private stash that, for one reason or another, I don't want to share or I don't want comments on.   But once I hit that "save" button, I feel that I'm inviting people into my work and if they take the time to read and express their thoughts, I'll take less than a minute to thank them and, most often, take a look at what they have going on at their page.   At this point I'm going to offer a blanket apology to anyone who didn't receive an acknowledgment of their feedback. Often it's because I didn't receive an email alert or I'm insanely busy.   I'm thankful that you do have the sense of empathy, graciousness and generosity that you do because you've gone a long way to make this little corner of the web a place of inspiration, encouragement and fine art.   For this, I'm forever grateful.    

Is this your coy way of: Is this your coy way of hiding this emerald city, so that others that might spoil it cannot flock there? : )   If so, I get it. I always tell people, when they inquire on my religion, that mine has a flock of 1, and the only way to preserve it is to keep it that way ; )

Wow... this has really hit: Wow... this has really hit home hard. You do you, the world will adapt and so will you. Not saying it will be painless on either side, but it will evolve. So glad you're still a rare diamond and talented writer! It was very palpable. Battles are the elixir of life reposing... well ill sleep when I'm dead,, till then I'm gona fight for life and our futures. Hugss 

Thankyou,  This one is purely: Thankyou,  This one is purely cathartic. Hugss and blessingss 

The intense emotion that: The intense emotion that powers this poem is so raw that its authenticity cannot be question.  This is a transcript from human experience that cannot be questioned.  And despite the increasing degree of intensity, that line after line delivers, nothing prepares the reader for the final line---which carries a final shock that will linger after the actual reading experience has come to its end.