As A Sister Comments

Such a beautiful poem. In Nature we find comfort n solace. To have the feeling that earth loves her as a sister, what bliss! The agony of a sleepless night is so well put n how a poem recitation brings back the elusive sleep, it's wonderfully written. With the morning light disappear all the misgivings n apprehensions of the night. This is what all of us have experienced at some point. But the way you have put it, it's simply awesome. Loved it.

this idea (that the earth loved her as a sister) is absolutely NEW to me. I never thought earth loves me, or any human being. or even animal. I never thought about earth as Mother, as ancient people do. I think she is indifferent to me! But of course it is untrue! she gives so much, we are integrated with her. She is also only a donor for us, and we are spoiling her, because we are not tought to remember that she loves us, now I see that it is obvious! but how deep in dark our minds are to forget it! Thank you for this flash idea, Daniel!

I am smiling ear to ear as I read this. I'm not even sure why. I think certain phrases just resonated with me. One, your character is a woman....me too! Two: I have woken in the middle of the night started, wondering...what midnight apparition... Three: I am woken every morning by a carillon of birds...we have more birds than you could imagine in our yard...and carillon! I LOVE that word! My parents live next to the Carillon in D.C. It plays every night. Four: Cul De Sac....I LOVE that word too! I've never read another poet use that term like you...and it TOTALLY works! Five: Denise Levertov...never read her, but grew up staring at a book or two with her name on the spine....evoked childhood memories. Six: The Epilogue...I love that you did such a beautiful epilogue. I imagined her actually becoming a part of the wall itself in tune with her sister...was she a ghost too? This was lovely and I enjoyed reading it. I got part poem and part story. Very well done. So Daniel.

Whenever I am able to get any decent sleep, everything seems more beautiful too. : -)