so endearing, nana <3

I love this

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"Moderate strength is shown in violence, supreme strength is shown in levity." - G.K Chesterton

lovely and yet sad imagery

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you're tearing me apart lisaaaa!-oh hai mark

"Searching for keys among the creases". I think I may never forget that one. It's beautiful.

My Nana died three years ago...This reminds me of when she was in the hospital during the last two months of her life. I sang for her from when I was a little girl all the way up to the end of her life. She always thought she must have been a conductor in one of her past lives because whenever she listened to music, her hands would move of their own accord like a conductor's. She used to sing me old Irish songs in a deep, contralto voice when I was very little. She loved music and could play piano, though she didn't own one. Her death is still pretty raw for me; she was more of a mother to me than my mom in many ways, from emotional connection to the proper raising of me, so I really lost my mother, not my grandmother. Thus, this poem touches me very deeply. Brings tears, which I always consider to mean that a piece of art is well-done, so congratulations.

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Feminism: the radical idea that women are people.

This is hauntingly smooth. It flows so easily. The title is amazing and the lines

"Gently I dab the saliva from her lips –
it pulls away, a silver stave,"

are very sad, and they really bring the piece alive. My poetry has been getting better and better, but I can only hope that one day I'll get this good...

PS: I play the piano too. I dread the day this will happen to me, but you showed that music runs in the blood, not the fingers. Thank you.

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[link] Warbreaker, a published novel by Brandon Sanderson (I bought the hardcover after reading it online).

I love this piece but it leaves me with a bittersweet feeling because it reminds me of someone special.

Thank you for writing and posting.

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Hello, my name is 54viruses.
I am addicted to literature.
It has been eleven hours since I last read or wrote...oh, wait...shoot, better luck next time.

BEAUTIFUL. Just touching and heart wrenching

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It's hard to take risks with a pessimist.