Your command of language, and: Your command of language, and of the skill to artistically deploy it in this poem, is well displayed here. You have compressed an amazing power in a few short lines. If I were teaching a class on Poetry, this poem would be a textbook example of the height that poetic language can reach!
Hearing this compliment from: Hearing this compliment from you produced such an effect on me that I immediately was inspired to write the poem 'what's the moon do?' a tad veering, but I hope it lives up to that anticipation you mentioned. And again, I can't put into words how sweet it feels to see you here, my friend.
That final phrase, streets of: That final phrase, streets of nocturne, is BEAUTIFUL (and I DO mean, **BEAUTIFUL**), and suggests a mythical, and maybe even epic, place just ripening in anticipation of some poems about it.
Raw, unfiltered and dark,: Raw, unfiltered and dark, creating a compelling narrative that resonates with the realities of survival and the human condition.
Ah, the words of one that: Ah, the words of one that gets it! We are creatures of self-contradiction at typical times, I could only imagine how we'd fare in the better times! Thanks my friend for your much valued thoughts
Ah, the words of one that: Ah, the words of one that gets it! We are creatures of self-contradiction at typical times, I could only imagine how we'd fare in the better times! Thanks my friend for your valued thoughts
LOVE the duality this poem: LOVE the duality this poem presents, this honest and stark contradiction in a belief system of what works, going forward. Though you could say it is brave to be constantly facing your trauma.