This poem was like a bright light in my darkness. I have read so many dark and depressing poems about addiction while trying to write a school paper. All those did was bring up dark, hurtful, and painful memories of my addiction. The losses I suffered while living in my addiction. But your poem had a positive ending, A light at the end of a dark tunnel. I could feel your emotion behind this. And I can relate, I love the "Suit up and Show up. It's time to go to work!" That has power in it! Keep up your great work! God Bless!
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I was abused by my mom for 3 years or so and when I read this I felt as though I was no longer alone. I am 13 years old and am now in foster care I was also put in a mental hospital not too long ago for 39 days. That's were I had my 13 birthday . I am not here for pity. I am here to share my story so please if you have a abusive parent do what I did not matter how heard it seems RUNAWAY get to a safe place, call the cops. You deserve a good life
I lost my wife Ann in 2010, it was a few months after her passing I came across Family friends Poems, I just shared my feelings with others and found it a great help, I've no poet but I've learnt as I've gone along.
Thank you Ann for your heartwarming comment God bless you.
Hi Alan
Yes, we have very similar stories. I too had been married for 58 years. Like you, I have also done a creative writing course since retirement. I very much look forward to reading more of your work.
Very best wishes,
Ann
Cynthia,
Thank you for your kind words - it means a lot to me as I love the way you write.
Very best wishes,
Ann
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Really touched my heart. Is so true too. And really good advice for life . Thank you for sharing with me. Really and truly love this safe place to express. Thanks to all the people who share just hope some of my own can get shared too.
I've just been reading more of your poems. This one, like many of your other poems, relates to how I feel. I, like you, get great comfort from other poets on Family Friends. Writing about my feelings during my husband's terminal illness and subsequent death, was a great help to me, as I understand it was for you too. Very best wishes, Ann.
This is so poignant, Ann. We moved my father into a nursing home a few years ago so this really resonated with me, especially the last stanza. Best wishes, Cynthia
Brilliant! A rainstorm personified so skilfully and descriptively. Such a pleasure to read - loved this.
Hello Ann. I love the honesty and emotion you put in your poetry. I think that these things have to be experienced by the writer to feel the depth of emotion needed to express it in words. I nursed my dear wife of fifty-eight years through terminal cancer at home in 2017 and recently have had the experience of seeing her best friend, who I was still very close to, succumb to dementia this year and go into residential care. I have some work, penned in the darkest days, that still bring tears when I try read them. Thank you for the positive comments on my work. I am new to the site and still trying to find my way around it. Reading your biography it seems that we came to writing in a similar way. I didn't start until I retired and attended an adult education course on creative writing. I look forward to reading more of your work. With thanks. Alan.
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