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There's no waking up from this nightmare.50 total reviews
Comment from RoDanni
What a terribly sad story. You've made a haunting song that serves to honor, not exploit, this poor family. There are no answers good enough for what happened, but you have created a voice for each person involved. Well done.
reply by the author on 25-Sep-2017
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What a terribly sad story. You've made a haunting song that serves to honor, not exploit, this poor family. There are no answers good enough for what happened, but you have created a voice for each person involved. Well done.
Comment Written 24-Sep-2017
reply by the author on 25-Sep-2017
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Yes, Roseanne, I don't care what answers Kevin wrote in his suicide note. What he did was inexcusable.
Thank you for your heartfelt review which honors this family.
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I'm sorry you've had to go through this, Roseanne
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Thank you for your condolences. Ten years ago I quit my therapist who wanted me to talk about it, but I was not prepared to. Now I am writing. Thanks.
Comment from DonandVicki
Your authors notes are chilling. I had to go back and reread the poem after I read your notes. A very macabre poem that takes the breath away. Nicly composed and dark.
reply by the author on 25-Sep-2017
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Your authors notes are chilling. I had to go back and reread the poem after I read your notes. A very macabre poem that takes the breath away. Nicly composed and dark.
Comment Written 24-Sep-2017
reply by the author on 25-Sep-2017
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Thank you, DonandVicki, for your review. Ten years ago I quit my therapist because he wanted me to talk about it but I was not prepared to. I am glad I am talking about it now. I find the process cathartic because I focus my grief through creativity.
Comment from smileycloud
You have given an amazing tribute to this beautiful family
tragedy strikes without warning and without logic or explanation
your song is so very gentle and filled with lovingkindness
even 10 years is not enough to dull shock and pain
no one will ever find out the reality of the nightmare as it went to other side with him
your poem stands not in judgement but in empathy
your poem does not relate facts but spills feelings from heart
I send blessings to you and all who are left behing to suffer a lifetime of grief for this family
a wonderfully song fill with grace
have a smiley day dear FS friend
::))
reply by the author on 25-Sep-2017
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You have given an amazing tribute to this beautiful family
tragedy strikes without warning and without logic or explanation
your song is so very gentle and filled with lovingkindness
even 10 years is not enough to dull shock and pain
no one will ever find out the reality of the nightmare as it went to other side with him
your poem stands not in judgement but in empathy
your poem does not relate facts but spills feelings from heart
I send blessings to you and all who are left behing to suffer a lifetime of grief for this family
a wonderfully song fill with grace
have a smiley day dear FS friend
::))
Comment Written 24-Sep-2017
reply by the author on 25-Sep-2017
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Oh, thank you, smiley, for your heartfelt, six star review of my tribute to this family. Their tragic loss is still a horror ten years later. I am glad I am talking about them and remembering them. Thank you once again and thank you for your blessings and condolences.
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Comment from kahpot
What an excellent yet horrific poem and story you have penned here, thank you very much for the notes, I went back and read again, to get a better understanding very well done good luck in your competition****kahpot
reply by the author on 25-Sep-2017
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What an excellent yet horrific poem and story you have penned here, thank you very much for the notes, I went back and read again, to get a better understanding very well done good luck in your competition****kahpot
Comment Written 24-Sep-2017
reply by the author on 25-Sep-2017
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Yes, kahpot, when reviewers found out in my notes that this was a true story, they reread my horrific song again. Thank you for your review and for wishing me good luck in the contest.
Comment from kiwigirl2821
Hello Mystery Author. Well you definitely have given this family's tragedy a chilling story line. I can hear it to the music you've chosen and it makes me sad indeed that so much violence was because of "financial difficulty". So sad! Good luck. xoxo Kiwi
reply by the author on 25-Sep-2017
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Hello Mystery Author. Well you definitely have given this family's tragedy a chilling story line. I can hear it to the music you've chosen and it makes me sad indeed that so much violence was because of "financial difficulty". So sad! Good luck. xoxo Kiwi
Comment Written 24-Sep-2017
reply by the author on 25-Sep-2017
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Thank you, Kiwi, for your heartfelt review of my chilling story. Thank you also for wishing me good luck in the contest.
Comment from frierajac
So many people use the Beatles for healing and inspiration. I dread to think what
may happen on the day Paul departs the earth. This is a difficult confession of an observer. You have done a fine job of a theraputic stand.
reply by the author on 25-Sep-2017
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So many people use the Beatles for healing and inspiration. I dread to think what
may happen on the day Paul departs the earth. This is a difficult confession of an observer. You have done a fine job of a theraputic stand.
Comment Written 24-Sep-2017
reply by the author on 25-Sep-2017
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Yes, frierajac, ten years ago after the murders I quit my therapist when he wanted me to talk about the murders but I was not prepared to. I am now and am finding the process of writing this song therapeutic. Thank you for your review.
Comment from Octavia
This was so tragic, mystery author. Yes, this would be a family's worse nightmare. You expressed the tragedy and confusion beautifully. I'm sure the town will never be the same.
Good luck in the contest.
This is a strong contender.
reply by the author on 24-Sep-2017
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This was so tragic, mystery author. Yes, this would be a family's worse nightmare. You expressed the tragedy and confusion beautifully. I'm sure the town will never be the same.
Good luck in the contest.
This is a strong contender.
Comment Written 24-Sep-2017
reply by the author on 24-Sep-2017
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Yes, Octavia, this was a horrible, horrible family's worst nightmare. I knew them all and had no inkling that Kevin was planning this. Thank you for your heartfelt review and for wishing me luck in the contest.
Comment from Daniel Silverhawk
A very tragic story and a worst nightmare to be sure. To know a family caught up in a triple murder suicide is as bad as it gets.
A nice twist on a poetic look. The question mark on the faces if those who witnessed this tragedy fits nicely between the lines.
Good luck in the contest
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reply by the author on 25-Sep-2017
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A very tragic story and a worst nightmare to be sure. To know a family caught up in a triple murder suicide is as bad as it gets.
A nice twist on a poetic look. The question mark on the faces if those who witnessed this tragedy fits nicely between the lines.
Good luck in the contest
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Comment Written 24-Sep-2017
reply by the author on 25-Sep-2017
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Thank you, Daniel, for your heartfelt review and for wishing me good luck in the contest. No one--not friends, family, neighbors, or patients of Dr Kawai--saw this coming. This tragedy left question marks on all of our faces and us wondering if we had missed signs or could have done something to have prevented this triple murder suicide.
Comment from Thomas Bowling
This is excellent. I didn't understand it and was going to skip reviewing it until I read your author noes. Then it made sense. What a tragedy. It would haunt me to want to know why?
reply by the author on 25-Sep-2017
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This is excellent. I didn't understand it and was going to skip reviewing it until I read your author noes. Then it made sense. What a tragedy. It would haunt me to want to know why?
Comment Written 24-Sep-2017
reply by the author on 25-Sep-2017
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Yes, Thomas, I am still haunted by this ten years later. I have no answers. The best I can do is to remember the family as it was.
Thank you for your heartfelt, six star review. I am glad my notes encouraged you to read my song.
Comment from Meia (MESAYERS)
I heard distant laughter.
Girls' giggles pierced the dark.
Is this the hereafter?
My face a question mark.
My face a question mark.' Oh my good god. No, this story is so heartbreaking it is almost too much to bear. How a seemingly normal person can snap and commit such atrocities. Your poem was perfect but utterly chilling especially in the second read knowing it was real. My thoughts and prayers go out to the family. Well done on this sensitively handled piece. kind regards Meia xx
reply by the author on 25-Sep-2017
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I heard distant laughter.
Girls' giggles pierced the dark.
Is this the hereafter?
My face a question mark.
My face a question mark.' Oh my good god. No, this story is so heartbreaking it is almost too much to bear. How a seemingly normal person can snap and commit such atrocities. Your poem was perfect but utterly chilling especially in the second read knowing it was real. My thoughts and prayers go out to the family. Well done on this sensitively handled piece. kind regards Meia xx
Comment Written 24-Sep-2017
reply by the author on 25-Sep-2017
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Thank you, Meia, for your heartfelt, six star review. Your poems about atrocities inspired me to write mine. Many reviewers have reread my song a second time when they discovered in the notes that it was real. Thank you also for your prayers to the family.