A promise from you,
like snow crystals in the sun.
Shining with beauty,
only to melt and forgotten again.
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This makes me want to know more. It feels like a very emotionally driven write. I especially like the repetition in the last stanza.
This is unquestionably a beautifully written and expressed poem, Laurie, one that evokes considerable empathy in all who read this extraordinary poem. I do not know how long you have been writing poetry, but I would guess it was not yesterday, not last month, or not last year, but for a considerable time to attain the skill you have achieved with words and emotions, and the ability to write such wonderful poems as this. Carl.
This is so lovely and so haunting. So well said and crafted as always. Making me wish I had written it myself but oh so appreciative of having been able to read it. Thank you