Comment from barbara.wilkey

Excellent

Again, thank you for sharing this poem with us. I am betting all depressed people need help on some level.

As,s I go on with this (Extra 's' in 'As')

First lost the only son. (comma after 'first')

 Comment Written 21-Jun-2023

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reply by the author on 11-Jul-2023

Thanks again.
I haven't been paying attention to my writings and my reviewings because of the recent marriage and all the other legal issues going on in my life.
I have a publishers involved including Dorrance out of Philadelphia, Author House out of Indiana and also Xilibris.(My children's books)
I hope the flood the market with a thousand books within the next two years.
I've been writing vigorously for the past 20.
Maybe someday my dream will come true.
You will know when you see me on a major talk show.
Doctor Ricky 1024

Comment from JSD

Excellent

Thoughts with you. Please stay positive. This is a sad piece but well written as always. Just an error at the start with the word which should be 'precipice'. Best wishes.

 Comment Written 21-Jun-2023

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reply by the author on 22-Jun-2023

Thanks for reviewing this one also JSD.
When you go through extreme pain no medications mental hospitals free psychiatrist or even family members can help you.
What I've learned personally is the only thing is time.
Doctor Ricky 1024
"Still Preaching to the Choir here at Fanstory"

Comment from Paul Manton

Excellent

Hi Ricky' I'm glad to meet you and your great and very brave poem.
In the 80s, whilst holding down a very high profile job in the West End of London, without an adequate support team, the agoraphobia which I had always had, became so bad that for six months I didn't know from day to day whether I'd make it into work. The figures here suggest 80% of people around the globe will suffer some kind of problem like this. God's love is always there, but we need good friends to show that, by lifting us up.
I thought that the poem was very skillful, Ricky. You used some great internal rhyme and sounding repetition for effect, and controlled the change of pace within each verse very well.
This poem is a journey - maybe a pilgrimage - and I pray for you that it is a journey into the light of God's love.
Paul

 Comment Written 21-Jun-2023

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reply by the author on 22-Jun-2023

After going through something like this you learn that no medication will help.
That there is no psychiatrist or therapist mental hospitals or priests.
Sometimes even your family members and definitely your friends can't help you or understand.
The only thing that solves the the wounds and covers the scars is time.
Thanks,
Doctor Ricky

reply by Paul Manton on 23-Jun-2023

Don't give up on good friends, Ricky. The true friends will always listen. When I was in hospital for major heart surgery four years ago, I found reading the psalms and the gospels helped me not to be afraid. Whatever works, Ricky.
Please allow me to pray for you.
Paul