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Comment from Y. M. Roger
Oh, the loneliness in your lines and word combinations here, Gypsy... it echos even after the reading is through... Very well written, my lady! ;) Thanx for sharing your pen this evening! ;)
reply by the author on 21-Jan-2025
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Oh, the loneliness in your lines and word combinations here, Gypsy... it echos even after the reading is through... Very well written, my lady! ;) Thanx for sharing your pen this evening! ;)
Comment Written 20-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 21-Jan-2025
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Thank you π
Gypsy
Comment from Debra White
Hi Gypsy,
This is so sad, but beautifully written. Vivid imagery that brings to the forefront the melancholy elements of what makes us human - sadness, bitterness, fear and the awareness of the inevitable.
The first eight lines are, to me, outstanding.
Best wishes as always, Debra
reply by the author on 19-Jan-2025
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Hi Gypsy,
This is so sad, but beautifully written. Vivid imagery that brings to the forefront the melancholy elements of what makes us human - sadness, bitterness, fear and the awareness of the inevitable.
The first eight lines are, to me, outstanding.
Best wishes as always, Debra
Comment Written 19-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 19-Jan-2025
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Thank you, Debra, it's good to hear from you. I appreciate the exceptional six stars review and kind words.
Gypsy
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You're very welcome, Gypsy :)
Comment from Trina Layne
This is a real thing. Elder abandonment is becoming more common. I try to visit my Uncle as often as possible. He's on the other side of the island. Granted, the island is tiny, but gas prices are a riot! He usually says he wants to go home. That 'the home' is not for him. He's trying to keep it together. Thanks to God, a Bluetooth boombox, and a few cordial nurses, he's been holding. There is a sense of despair from some of the other inmates, perhaps like the one you write about. They are just forgotten and waiting to be harvested. It's a sad situation.
reply by the author on 19-Jan-2025
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This is a real thing. Elder abandonment is becoming more common. I try to visit my Uncle as often as possible. He's on the other side of the island. Granted, the island is tiny, but gas prices are a riot! He usually says he wants to go home. That 'the home' is not for him. He's trying to keep it together. Thanks to God, a Bluetooth boombox, and a few cordial nurses, he's been holding. There is a sense of despair from some of the other inmates, perhaps like the one you write about. They are just forgotten and waiting to be harvested. It's a sad situation.
Comment Written 19-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 19-Jan-2025
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Thank you, my friend, I appreciate your excellent review. May you have a wonderful day.
Gypsy π
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Thank you, my friend, I appreciate your excellent review. May you have a wonderful day.
Gypsy π
Comment from Sandra Stoner-Mitchell
Dear Marival, this poem brought me to tears, just seeing that lady waiting for a visitor who never comes while those around her have many. The loneliness pours from your words, the hope someone will come, the pain when they don't. So much in your sad, heart-breaking, but so powerful words, thump home. Families must do better. When I lived in Spain for a few years, what I noticed was how much they cared for their elderly parents, grandparents. They took care of them, showed them respect, and love, and made sure they were never alone. It's so different here. I loved this, my friend. Well done! Love and hugs, Sandra xx
reply by the author on 19-Jan-2025
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Dear Marival, this poem brought me to tears, just seeing that lady waiting for a visitor who never comes while those around her have many. The loneliness pours from your words, the hope someone will come, the pain when they don't. So much in your sad, heart-breaking, but so powerful words, thump home. Families must do better. When I lived in Spain for a few years, what I noticed was how much they cared for their elderly parents, grandparents. They took care of them, showed them respect, and love, and made sure they were never alone. It's so different here. I loved this, my friend. Well done! Love and hugs, Sandra xx
Comment Written 19-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 19-Jan-2025
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Thank you very much, Sandra, your exceptional six-star review means a lot to me.
Gypsy hugs xoxox
Comment from Jumbo J
Hey MariVal((((((((((((,
Emotions poetry contest in twenty-five days from now... this would have be a real contender... it doesn't get more powerful than that of a gambit of emotions taking us into uncertainty and loneliness.
Your presentation, composition, hell, construction of this slap in the face free verde.... hmmmmm, verse, is top notch.
Just looking into that face, reading these words, feeling the enormity and weight of it all enters one's soul on another level. Especially the knowing of having no one, takes it to a whole new level of emptiness.
So sad... yet so magnificently perfect!
With our thoughts we create...
a sense of community.
Kindest regards,
James.
reply by the author on 19-Jan-2025
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Hey MariVal((((((((((((,
Emotions poetry contest in twenty-five days from now... this would have be a real contender... it doesn't get more powerful than that of a gambit of emotions taking us into uncertainty and loneliness.
Your presentation, composition, hell, construction of this slap in the face free verde.... hmmmmm, verse, is top notch.
Just looking into that face, reading these words, feeling the enormity and weight of it all enters one's soul on another level. Especially the knowing of having no one, takes it to a whole new level of emptiness.
So sad... yet so magnificently perfect!
With our thoughts we create...
a sense of community.
Kindest regards,
James.
Comment Written 18-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 19-Jan-2025
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Hello, James,
I appreciate your exceptional six-star review and insightful feedback. Itβs so good to hear from you, I hope you are healthy and happy you enjoyed this one, your opinion means a lot to me. You are always kind, intuitive, eloquent, and understanding β¦ you truly see me and my poem.
Ending up alone in a rest home is one of my biggest fears, although I am young and healthy. When I catch myself going that way I try to stay in the moment, truly that is all we have. It is sad.
Besitos y abrazos, hermano mio,
MariVal
"We are not meant to be perfect. We are meant to be whole" -- "Winfrey.
Comment from Sugarray77
Hi Gypsy. I was so moved when reading this well-written poem. It is meaningful and the art is perfectly chosen to show the angst and loneliness. Great job!
Melissa
reply by the author on 19-Jan-2025
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Hi Gypsy. I was so moved when reading this well-written poem. It is meaningful and the art is perfectly chosen to show the angst and loneliness. Great job!
Melissa
Comment Written 18-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 19-Jan-2025
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Thank you very much for your excellent review and kind words π
Gypsy
Comment from GWHARGIS
It's terrible to think that there are people who are just wautinf to die. Some are lucky. They are remembered and cherished, but others have been dumped. It's as if they have passed their expiration date. Gretchen
reply by the author on 19-Jan-2025
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It's terrible to think that there are people who are just wautinf to die. Some are lucky. They are remembered and cherished, but others have been dumped. It's as if they have passed their expiration date. Gretchen
Comment Written 18-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 19-Jan-2025
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Thank you very much for your excellent review and kind words π
Gypsy
Comment from barbara.wilkey
This poem speaks of a very real problem in our society. So many people believe they're too busy to visit their older relatives. I have a friend only 79 and has family who lives in town, actually a few blocks away, yet they never come and visit. I make sure I call or visit her every day. When I was our church youth director for our church, when we live in SC, my youth group were assigned an elderly person, and they were to make contact with that person weekly. It worked miracles for the person and the teenager. Thank you for highlighting this problem in this wonderful poem.
reply by the author on 19-Jan-2025
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This poem speaks of a very real problem in our society. So many people believe they're too busy to visit their older relatives. I have a friend only 79 and has family who lives in town, actually a few blocks away, yet they never come and visit. I make sure I call or visit her every day. When I was our church youth director for our church, when we live in SC, my youth group were assigned an elderly person, and they were to make contact with that person weekly. It worked miracles for the person and the teenager. Thank you for highlighting this problem in this wonderful poem.
Comment Written 18-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 19-Jan-2025
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What a great lesson to teach kids, to care about elders and visit or call.
Thank you very much for your excellent review and kind words π
Gypsy
Comment from Jesse James Doty
Yes, you've captured the loneliness of an older person as they sit and wait to die in the community room of their assisted living quarters. Hating the ones who have family and friends come to visit them and longing for death to ease the pain of loneliness and heartache.
Fortunately, I don't relate as I still have a full life ahead of me and plenty to do to pass the time.
I hope this doesn't pertain to you, my friend as I care deeply for you are your welfare.
Jesse
reply by the author on 19-Jan-2025
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Yes, you've captured the loneliness of an older person as they sit and wait to die in the community room of their assisted living quarters. Hating the ones who have family and friends come to visit them and longing for death to ease the pain of loneliness and heartache.
Fortunately, I don't relate as I still have a full life ahead of me and plenty to do to pass the time.
I hope this doesn't pertain to you, my friend as I care deeply for you are your welfare.
Jesse
Comment Written 18-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 19-Jan-2025
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It's fiction, I am too young and healthy to live in a rest home. I too have a long life ahead. It's just a poem.
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Okay. As I wrote, you captured the feeling of one who is lonely and waiting to die very well. I was commenting, I didn't mean to offend you.
Comment from RJ Heritage
For some old people, the loneliness, the abandonment of family and friends, make death a welcome alternative. This is indeed very sad, but is a reality in our society. Your words show this very well. I encourage people to visit the "community" homes for the aged, befriend an elderly person, you will be pleasantly surprised at what you could learn from them, and what you can bring to their lives. Very well written poem. Well done.
RJ
reply by the author on 19-Jan-2025
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For some old people, the loneliness, the abandonment of family and friends, make death a welcome alternative. This is indeed very sad, but is a reality in our society. Your words show this very well. I encourage people to visit the "community" homes for the aged, befriend an elderly person, you will be pleasantly surprised at what you could learn from them, and what you can bring to their lives. Very well written poem. Well done.
RJ
Comment Written 18-Jan-2025
reply by the author on 19-Jan-2025
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Thank you very much, RJ, your exceptional six stars review means a lot to me.
Gypsy hugs xoxox
