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Touch me in morning
When I'm in mourning
When I can't see sun
Because I'm so blind
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I agree with Carl: YOU CAPTURED SO MUCH IN THIS POEM. The title was not. very promising, the subsequent poem fulfilled multiple promises about the creative life, or rather the struggle to live one. The formal pattern of 4-line stanzas shows you are in command of your subject and not surrendering to despair. There is a strong intelligence at work in this poem and it is transforming disconnected energies into one vital force.
Daniel, Kerouac paid a huge price in his struggle with living the creative life. He gave up on a wife and daughter for fear that they would get in the way of his writing. I believe that your last line is referring to a higher intelligence. And I am most definitely being guided by it. Fortunately, it is positive in spirit!
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8/16/2025 8:44:48 PM # 1.0.0
A poem of deep internal devastation. It appears as if the speaker is in desperate need of rescue from the turmoil he's steeped in. I'm left curious but too afraid to ask what was left in his care that went awry. Anyhow, this is impressive,10~