Walking Out One Morning Comments

Gary, this was worth the wait. I've been checking for you on and off, wondering when your next poem would surface. Because I work in mental health, it has a resounding ring to it. So many suffer from inner turmoil, from the voices that punish and judge, fillling the mind and heart with doubt and condemnation. You address it with a powerful honesty, even a wistfulness that speaks to me. I continue to read other works, and wonder when I'll submit my own. But when I do, I'll be writing to you requesting an honest opinion from a poet I very much admire.

I like the last line and the implication that fear is learned and then not forgotten. . I found the weakest line to be line eight, ending with the indefinite 'all this.' It could be argued that the line above, ending with Truth is just as undefined. . Personally, I wouldn't use 'thy, ' but it does suit the style for this poem, which I found to be ambitious and a worthwhile read.