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Bob Barraclough's avatar

I feel as though I have been on that walk.

Linda Campbell's avatar

The first two lines🤯🎯simple, yet so profoundly true…. and then the even more basic… and now get on with living. Beautiful🙂

Grace Drigo's avatar

Death seems to be constantly on my mind as of late. Trying to work through the significance of this. Lovely poem. 🩵

Joseph Massey's avatar

Thank you for reading.

Boomer Musings's avatar

Exquisite! Thank you.

Autumn Widdoes's avatar

Gorgeously sublime. Thank you!

Joseph Massey's avatar

Thank you, Autumn.

Sam Aureli's avatar

it was as though i were walking by your side.

Amking's avatar

This is really beautiful! So many turns of phrase, metaphors uniquely applied. Thinking of death till it exhausts, thoughts themselves die. The Marian blue sky, love the reference to Virgin Mary. The human grist mill contracting the pure snow into its grit. Comparing the branches to neural networks and untangling, Your return to breath, dropping your gaze to regain balance :) Made me think of The Way of the Pilgrim. I love the final stanzas, a vanishing point gazing back at you.

james's avatar

The mundane brought beautifully to life.

Sue Cauhape's avatar

Beautiful observations to lighten your thoughts. I especially liked this line: plastic crushed/into dim glitter/glinting in gravel.

MJ Bel's avatar

Simple, yet complex. I really enjoyed your choice of words. Thank you for sharing!

Holly's avatar

The last line…Your gift is such a blessing to me.

Tooly's avatar

"untangling the knots in mind"...for those of us who are exactly there...