Qualifying Legs And Life Comments

Susan, thank you so much for reading. And your granddaughter...yes, a poem, absolutely! I hope she is fine now. And I think the verse will indeed have great depth...what happens to one does certainly have an effect on so many others. Thanks again.

PART THREE. You know what, I think I will write a poem about her misadventures. Won't be one for deep thinking like yours but maybe it will the basis for an entry into the Guiness Book of records. In the meantime, your poem is full of meaningful questions and observations, good for delving into the nature of life marriage and agony. 10++++++++

PART TWO> Every 18 months she would be taken to the hospital for a new broken bone. Thankfully her injuries were witnessed by.multiple witnesses. It got to the point that a neighbor sees her coming down the sidewalk on a skateboard and says to self- she's going to crash and break something so he whipped out his phone took a picture of the crash and hollered for her father to take her to the hospital.

PART ONE> some have one cast/ some have serial casts / or multiple casts- - - - - What? Have you met my granddaughter? The first time she had a cast was on her arm she broke falling off the bench in a baseball dugout at the age of two. That was merely the start.

beautiful metaphor about life, love and marriage. it is something diffcult that we all can relate to

This is a wonderful write! Perhaps the best of yours I have read! You have thought so much about a cast and how it affects life, how people look on it, how it becomes a need for some while it turns a pain for some others. It is so true that one can learn patience being in a cast! I admire those who have a cast and yet forget that they are incapacitated by it! Some turn a cast to their own advantage! 'We are all broken, but the psyche or spirit never really heals. It is only through the intervention and application of solid support that we go through life and reach the end in peace and calm, with wisdom received along the way.' I so much agree with this observation of yours! An amazing write.... top marks Lemon!

Some people break a leg and start living.... My reading for first time this poem- found a lot of things useful for life.I need more time to grasp it fully.It is one of the best.

M. J., another great one! You're going from Bukowski to Confucius and somewhere in between. You're really making us think with your style of writing. And that's a good thing! The poem makes me think about Johnny Carson. In addition to his great sense of humour, he was known for some eccentric behavior and dangerous stunts. He was once asked if there was anything he hadn't done. His response: Downhill skiing. Because I don't wanna be in a cast. 2nd Thought: My youngest brother who has always been a jock. The only time that I had ever seen him cry was when he broke his leg and had it in a cast. Reason For Crying: Unbearable itching! And not being able to scratch! Thanks for the memories, M.J.

It takes a great man to be so revealing about themselves, to unfurl themselves to people and bare everything with truth an conviction, more so when they write it with composure and elegance like this. You put the marks of your life into words, and it comes out as true confessional art, and then it leaves a mark on those who read it. I use to think that when you wrote I broke my leg it was a humorous reminder of mortality and ageing, but this is kind of a sequel that makes me realize the seriousness of the issue. I've never been put into the experience of having a serious injury, I've had a cast when I was a kid but had it for about a week, I've never really thought of the repercussions of having something like that and its impact on a person and there relationships. This isn't just philosophy its a confessional to the beautiful flaws and triumphs of being human. There is a certain thing about me that I never tell my friends and that few people in my family know, for the record Its not about being gay, that's something I sometimes wish would be true, as that would be easier to say without fear of judgment. This made me feel for the castes that I was born with, its invisible, its weightless but its there and I live with it, it probably has nothing on yours, but it does impact how I live and how I react to the world. This poem is the reason why I come to sites like this, to read the truths of other peoples lives, most of the time its just the angst of broken lovers, but once in awhile you get someone who is brilliant at expressing situations and challenges that are individually their own, these are the works I cherish, there few and far between but this is one of those works that make me realize I am not alone. You say this took some time, but from this point its like it came naturally, the structure and composition are so perfect its like it came out of you in minutes. Thank you for making me feel better with my casts

I have never ever thought much about a cast- -but you are not one to just accept something at face value and walk away, are you? There is so much introspection going on in this poem, so much philosophizing about personality types and life and marriage and the nature and reception of help. Yet this piece retains its poetic structure through it all. Top-notch work here.... I am now thinking about casts but only as an observer since I never broke a bone- -excepting the nose a horse broke- -I never thought about casts and their symbolic place in lives and now I am. I can see through this poem that there are thousands of things in life that can be examined to deepen our understanding of life. Excellent and I thank you for the lesson! 10+