Always Gray

I like the creative rhyme pattern, Michelle. The imagery of your feeling from your loss or eloquent, my friend. I enjoyed reading your poetry today. I want to wish you and those you love, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Smiles ~ Blessings Bill

Compact with impact. Achingly brilliant. I just sent a response to your soupmail. Take care, my friend ~ John

What a very poignant but beautifully written poem with its clever symmetrical rhyme scheme (enveloped rhyme??). Kudos to you Michelle. Cheers - Gsry

Woah, hormones or what, this just knocked the wind out of me and my eyes be leaking. A fave, cuz am a glutton for punishment ;), Phenomenal ink. xomo

You have revealed so much about emotions in these few descriptive lines, Michelle. Janice

Such a beautiful poem Michelle expressed so well.So much conveyed and felt in those few lines. The line, ‘ like vines that climb and choke the light’ is so powerful. A very poignant, touching poem which I am going to fave as, having lost and still grieving for my beloved father, I can, like so many, relate to. Poetry is to be felt, to touch the soul, not just heard and this one I felt immensely. Thank you Michelle.

So deep with loss which envelopes each word . I feel the pain you have described … the ache and the loneliness inside. Absent dawn says it all . Big hugs and belated congratulations on your win Michelle . Susan :)

I love the “absent dawn” will always be gray’. Mesmerizing metaphor! congratulations.

Painful and poignant. Superbly penned, Michelle ~ warmest congratulations on your win

I'm feeling "the stars are darker than the night" - beautiul work; like your work always is!

Thank you for sharing this touching poem...and enjoyed the rhyming scheme that works so well.

This is so sad Michael. It brings my dear brother-in-law to my mind. My sister passed away in December, and the love of her life, married to her since he was seventeen, has been so devastated. All who knew and love her so much, are so heart broken, but for him, this poem is a comparative to his heart. Beautiful poem, loss is horrendous in the passing of the incredibly loved and beautiful. Your heart bespeaks the passing of a beautiful person.

Ouch, Michelle! I feel the angst and agony of your write on loos. My fav line was a powerful one, “The stars are darker than the night.” Brighter days do come but ar the time of loss,it seems impossible…… Pangie

It is often claimed that time possesses the remarkable ability to alleviate one's sorrows; however, the anguish stemming from the loss of a loved one is enduring and remains steadfastly present.

Losing someone dear will make our days grey and our nights darker. I feel the pain in your words !

They say time is a great healer but the pain of losing someone never really goes away. Tom

A stunning, exquisitely touching poem. It seems we both rose to moving gray dawns! Goodness! But the gray birthed Poetry…hmmm…Mine a sketch, yours, this one IMHO a classic. I love this one. A fav! Hugs, sally

A loss of a beloved one is so hard and heavy. But it does slowly ease with time. Enjoyed the heartfelt poem.