I said something irregular.
It slipped out in a whisper
Soft and raspy, accompanied with a box
Tied in ribbon
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Your theme was clean and clear, I liked that. You did not clutter the poem with enigmatic metaphors designed to dazzle, I liked that. Your poem reminded me of a Russian author that I love. See if you do not agree? A dark veil, underneath she was twisting Her hands… “Why so shaken today? ” “I have sent him all sodden and listing With an excess of bitter dismay. I can’t bear it! He went from me, quailing, With his lips all distorted and grim… I flew down, never touching the railing, And I raced to the gate after him. And I gasped: “All that’s happened here lately, Forget; if you go, I am dead! ” His smile was so spectral and stately, “Go in out of the wind, ” he said. Kiev,1911 Anna Akhmatova
Very nicely done, words spoken state the truth of the emotions felt, and of the unding law that we can never look back.....my only suggestion would be to look back in the thoughts of the second chance.......and know the feelings of reconcile