MEMORIES...WE HAVE TO TAKE THE BITTER WITH THE SWEET. SUCH IS LIFE, ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT IT GETS EASIER WITH TIME. GREAT STYLE. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Heartbreaking, lost love. Beautifully penned, John. I enjoy your poetry so much.

I love this one, John! I love the lines, every single one. They read, to me, like pages turning, each line a page, and it swells and shrinks and changes shape, like a lava lamp. So much to ‘unpack’ (as they say in the broadcast stations these days) because this is layered, it’s 3-D, and it is sad. Marvelous term “shed casual wonder.” The progression of ‘First, Then, Later, Whenever, Now’ is so effective. Reading this I felt as though I was watching a beautiful white rose opening slowly, then seeing it darken, shrivel and fall apart ‘deadly eyes’ ‘made me feel old.’ This is my favorite of yours so far. Plenty haunting, romantic and tragic. Painfully beautiful. ~~ djl

very very good
your style
day by day you rise
first when u started to write
from prose to poetry your switch
authors den has shown the light
to us all,this one big family
J K Roseline

"Dark eyes/deadly eyes." Seems to be a spiritual component in this. Obviously, there was more in her gaze than just two eyes. I wonder what she saw. Speaking from my own experiences: sometimes when people look at you, they're not looking at you, they're looking in you. An intriguing piece. Peace.... r

That is quite a change of emotions.
But life is like that. Well done.