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.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Rodrigues Avatar
December 24, 2016 at 6:42 AM
So truth! Death breaks many a dam! Congrats, Brian!
Strand Avatar
December 24, 2016 at 8:15 AM
Thanks Kim
Burch Avatar
December 6, 2016 at 3:11 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
Strand Avatar
December 6, 2016 at 5:45 PM
Thanks Deborah
Medders Tobechi Avatar
December 6, 2016 at 1:39 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.
Strand Avatar
December 6, 2016 at 2:38 PM
Thank you Janis
Rodrigues Avatar
December 6, 2016 at 12:01 PM
Wow! Death often does that!
Strand Avatar
December 6, 2016 at 12:33 PM
Thats true Kim.Thanks
Green Avatar
December 6, 2016 at 8:33 AM
Very cool Brian. This is a statement in poetic form and I really enjoyed it. Good luck in the contest
Strand Avatar
December 6, 2016 at 9:38 AM
Thanks for your comment Chris
Sands Avatar
December 6, 2016 at 8:31 AM
Wow ...Yes, that happens. So well done!
Strand Avatar
December 6, 2016 at 9:36 AM
Too often Heidi ,thanks
Vinson Avatar
December 6, 2016 at 8:29 AM
So true, Brian. Very nicely done. Surely, each successive generation has improved on that score.
Strand Avatar
December 6, 2016 at 5:52 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.
Vinson Avatar
December 6, 2016 at 1:20 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
Strand Avatar
December 6, 2016 at 9:36 AM
Perhaps so Doug,thanks
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