A.M. Demotte Poet Free verse

I Would Have Loved To Tell You

I know it's late now,
to say that 
I would have loved
to tell you
what you meant
to me.
When words
are grenades,
what can you do but
leave the pin intact?
I was just trying
to keep us
all alive.

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Patrick Cornwall November 15, 2023 at 6:27 PM Or play musical grenades fast! I enjoyed reading your writing and hope you entered some into the Anthology. I’m sure the two I commented on would have made it. Quite lovely! Rather

Brian Sambourne November 15, 2023 at 4:26 PM Exceptional writing, which (free of embellishments) provokes much reflection that resonates from your central metaphor ("..words are grenades"). Congratulations! Brian