Friday, June 22, 2012
A Breath Behind The Man Ahead Comments
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We're only just a breath behind the man ahead;
we could reach out and touch him if we wanted
but it's the intimacy that we English dread,
a sense of loss of self with which we're haunted.
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7/27/2025 12:15:26 PM # 1.0.0
Excellently written, it may be so, after all even the English are human beings wanting to be loved for themselves! I found your poem enlightening! Thank you for sharing it. RoseAnn