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Julie Roehm's avatar

Beautiful and heartbreaking. It's amazing how grief can be deeply expressed by a slump of shoulders, a minimum of words. Thank you!

Amrita Skye Blaine's avatar

Thank you, Julie. I guess one of my signatures as a poet is I write spare.

Julie Roehm's avatar

I really enjoy the spareness. It is both jewel and light from the jewel.

Amrita Skye Blaine's avatar

What a lovely comment! Thank you!

Janice Falls's avatar

I can feel the grief in these few words, the loss

Amrita Skye Blaine's avatar

Then I've done my job. Thank you.

Yesterday Jane's avatar

I love how you can hear the sound of slumped shoulders through a wire.

Amrita Skye Blaine's avatar

I know. Isn't it amazing?

Joyce Beth McMurtrey's avatar

I agree with Janice. Your words say it all.