Beautiful. The last line is so subtle, yet it hits like a trainwreck. Just terrific.

dreaminess glimmering, in your bleak chunk of reality..maybe it is you who has the dreaminess.. i struggle to express what i mean, but . . just know that I think this is wonderful.

such freely-gifted kindess from you is humbling and elating all at once... you seem to have a knack for taking the pieces i've often overlooked and making them shine again. thank you, dearheart.

God, you're wonderful - "brenda cuts her nails shortshort because she says they look good next to her mouth when she cries" ~ your mind is absolutely sublime. Your works always reach me, certain lines always make time stand still.. You have a certain drea

this is great, such a quick but vivid look into a girl's head. such a fantastic ending... i've thought that same thing many times before...

Very nice, I like the way this work was written. Very real. ~V.

luckily, i've not had to live through such... though my heart lies with those who have. thank you for your time and compliments. =)

Great stuff... and not what I expected from the title at all, which is always a treat. Poetry is interesting in that unlike anything else, it has the ability to express differing degrees of reality... this one is very high.

i've never been one to title poems, really... but i didn't want to list all my works as 'untitled' or by the first few words... since joining, i've come to find the title to be as powerful as the work itself. thank you muchly for the kind words, sweet.