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A Toxic State

A FORTIES CHILDHOOD Feelings ,then were not shared but held back, within. A reservoir of emotions controlled, withheld... until death ,shatters the dam.

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Kim Rodrigues

Date: 12/24/2016 6:42:00 AM

So truth! Death breaks many a dam! Congrats, Brian!

Brian Strand
Date: 12/24/2016 8:15:00 AM

Thanks Kim

Deborah Burch

Date: 12/6/2016 3:11:00 PM

WOW! Nicely done Brain. I like this. And it rings true for even later and parts of the following generations of baby boomers... well, some of us. Well done. Big hug. Deb

Brian Strand
Date: 12/6/2016 5:45:00 PM

Thanks Deborah

Janis Thompson

Date: 12/6/2016 1:39:00 PM

I take it that this was a loss in the 1940's of someone. Very moving bio. Best wishes for the contest. Blessings, Janis.

Brian Strand
Date: 12/6/2016 2:38:00 PM

Thank you Janis

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 12/6/2016 12:01:00 PM

Wow! Death often does that!

Brian Strand
Date: 12/6/2016 12:33:00 PM

Thats true Kim.Thanks

Chris Green

Date: 12/6/2016 8:33:00 AM

Very cool Brian. This is a statement in poetic form and I really enjoyed it. Good luck in the contest

Brian Strand
Date: 12/6/2016 9:38:00 AM

Thanks for your comment Chris

Heidi Sands

Date: 12/6/2016 8:31:00 AM

Wow ...Yes, that happens. So well done!

Brian Strand
Date: 12/6/2016 9:36:00 AM

Too often Heidi ,thanks

Doug Vinson

Date: 12/6/2016 8:29:00 AM

So true, Brian. Very nicely done. Surely, each successive generation has improved on that score.

Brian Strand
Date: 12/6/2016 5:52:00 PM

Yes Doug 'bad' can be a relative term at anyrate certainly simpler than now, thru my childs eyes and memories.It was different probably for my parents as there was a war and its aftermath on here in England for much of that decade.

Doug Vinson
Date: 12/6/2016 1:20:00 PM

My parents were born in 1936 and 1937, definitely kids in the 40s... I remember my grandmother, born in 1910, talking about how it was for her great-grandmother, born in the 1830s. Man... you think the 1940s were bad... : P

Brian Strand
Date: 12/6/2016 9:36:00 AM

Perhaps so Doug,thanks