Inrterestingly sad and to: Inrterestingly sad and to "peddle" sadness without offering a sliver of hope is a shade darker it would seem than direct condemnation. Self-condemnation is the worst of all that even direct condemnation from others cannot unseat.
I second that. My spouse,: I second that. My spouse, who, in 2016, thought that Trump was the answer to everything, now believes---based upon his behavior both during his presidency and afterward---that he is the answer to nothing except his own sociopathic interests. Even his daughter and son-in-law did not want to be participatory in the recent announcement of his candidacy. I have some aquaintances (used to be friends, used to play euchre with us often; but dropped us when we did not join them in their support of the Innkeeper) who believe that Trump is a figure of Biblical proportions. I think that is absoluely true when once considers that the Apostle Saint John tells us that there are many antichrists out and about: and I think Trump qualifies as one of them.
Forgive me for making a: I just want to reiterate how well you have handled the material in such a brief space, and I sure do look forward to more of this from you.
There is that element of loss: There is that element of loss and also the element of relationship. It can be read with both involved as such as its primary theme but it is also hoped that it lends itself to other meanings. Many things for your generous read and response.
While I cannot speak of the: While I cannot speak of the emotion in the poem, as that seems, to me, to be rather private (and I want to respect that), I applaud the triplet stanzas and the rhyme scheme within them.
Thank you kindly Starward.: Thank you kindly Starward. Turns of phrases are quite exciting and bring the mind to thoughts and places it otherwise won't, many poems and poets over millennia have pushed and stretched language to its extreme limits and thus breaking through much like word coinage when there aren't other conventional ways of saying what has to be said.
remember the old typewriters: remember the old typewriters when you could rub your finger over the black dot and make it a black smudge? I'm sure we'll eventually be able to do that on Word if they haven't already devised such technology.