Believe it or not, Tayasky, I adopted a Chocolate Lab and named him Sam three years ago. The day I adopted him, he was on the list to be euthanized.
I sympathize with you here, knowing the loss of a family member such as a dog. Sam replaced my 17 year old Black Lab Mix named Max that I had to put down.
I know the sorrow and I can't even say it ever goes away.
You must know I love the Native Americans so, and have much sorrow and empathy for what they went through centuries of torture, abuse, and how we stole their lands and tried to erase them.
This broke my heart. A very well-constructed historical Poem close to my broken heart.
I'm so sorry you went through all this. It was horrible. I had a terrible childhood myself, abused, abandoned, unloved, unwanted. So I understood the rage. You seem to have come to terms with this and I'm glad. I know you probably still don't really love your mother. Afterall, she was never there for you, but she is your flesh and blood and I think you're willing to forgive, is the deal. Which is what God wants us to do, forgive. We can't change the past, but we can accept it and try to move on with our lives.
That's what I have tried to do, anyway, move on. Yes, I relive a lot of horrific stuff. It's a part of me. I don't think I will ever forget it. It comes out in my poetry. Its a healing mechanism. I think writing at a very early age (nine years old) saved me. And animals. Writing and animals saved me. Brought me where I am today. I should never have survived. Must me a reason. And for you too. You must know that. You sound very acknowledable in His Word and with your goals in life to come to terms with your terrible experiences.
I hope someday my own words help others as your's did me, for I realize how strong a young lady you are and that quality I admire.
The meter and rhyme was near to flawless. Told a story and the concept never faltered. From beginning to end, as it was being told, I felt the agony of the Soul when it is cast to a pitiless and infinite gloom.
Lines were well-constructed, flow never cracked. Only in the last stanza, where you had a rhyme going abcd, and so forth, lines 3 and 4 of the last stanza didn't exactly rhyme but this in no fashion took away from anything, please don't get me wrong. I was just curious why the difference there? No biggie, and does not affect my rating in any fashion or form.
Broke my heart; tears in my eyes. I remember reading this when I first started WDC. I left, came back, and now I have revisited your port, and in your Sea of work, my Soul found this again. Somehow, blessed I think, I was directed here by some force, to weep once more of your words, and your loss, which has saddened me greatly, for your memories are profound and touching.
Fantastic writing. Spellbounding to the last drop, and I feel like I feel off the edge of the world in a horror movie.
And talk about movie, this would make a terrific thriller and I would suggest sending it off to some major Network.
Really great ~ loved the first person narrative aspect. Really brought you up there close and personal, like you too, were the last person in the world.
There is nothing more I could add to such a profound piece of writing - as that of the heroes that have marked your life for the better.
I wept over this inside after reading it twice and realized how blessed you were. You may have felt cursed in loosing so much, so soon, like your son. There are so no words to express my grief.
But I will say that each and every one of these five special people in your life that left you behind - left you better, as you say, because a part of them lives in you now and you are testament to their memory ~ a beautiful one. It is sad and remarkable at the same time that one human being could suffer so much loss one after the other ~ ~ and yet become a stronger Soul because of them.
Because ~ they are now a part of you and they shine through your profound and poignant words.
Perfect and beautiful . . . just love it. This is not easy to write. It takes discipline and much thought and I appreciate and admire the effort put forth here.
I enjoyed all your great pictures here. You are lucky at such a young age to travel the world like this. What memories you have....and all of them you can use in your writings. How wonderful!
I have never been to Europe but I long to go, as I have deep German roots and would love to see the Black Forest area.
I love you too, sweetheart. You have always been there for me and I 'm glad we share the same goal: giving back to a community that has given so much to us. I am thrilled to be in the same space with you, awesome lady!!!
I'm originally from New Orleans. This made me homesick for sure. I live in Colorado now. i've been here in the Rockies for five years, so I had to watch Katrina destroy my City on TV.
Anyway, I miss the French Quarter and I grew up and was raised in "Old Metairie." I had a summer home in Ponchatoula, across from Lake Ponchartrain.
This is so sad weeowl. I know the loss of a friend and it hurts so bad. Life is so short, and often times we don't take the time to show others how we care until its too late and we can't. That regret lives with us for the rest of our days.
I understand completely the pain in these words. Oh my gosh, I loved someone once and he couldn't find it in his heart to love back. He led me on ~ ~ I kid you not, for over ten years. Now, trust me, I could have walked away at any time. I even married someone else while I knew him because something told me "I wasn't the one for him" but I could not accept that and so therefore, I prolonged a misery that could have died an earlier death, but I lived in denial, and wasted many years of my precious life on a futile love.
Your beautiful, heart-wrenching Poem here, Belinda, brought all those painful memories to the forefront. (I forgive you, LOL). I forgive you because the power of your words - the fact that your words could dig up my tombstones of memories ~ is a feat only a great Writer is capable of doing. So you succeeded in bringing back a floodgate that I wish had never flowed, but nonetheless, it was a lesson learned and I went on, moved on with my life, and with someone that truly could share their heart and Soul with me.
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