I LIKE THE WAY YOU USED REPETITION HERE...GREAT POETRY, IN EVERY WAY. WE HAVE TO FIRST LOVE OURSELVES, THEN GOD TEACHES US HOW TO LOVE HIM...WE ARE THEN ENABLED TO REALIZE HOW MUCH 'HE CARES'. FROM THAT POINT, IT WON'T MATTER IF NOBODY ELSE DOES BECAUSE WE'VE FOUND SOMEBODY WHO CARES. THANKS FOR SHARING. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Come see, come saw. It is true that the only ones we have are the ones we're with. And they may change it any time. I immediately thought of this song… I Ain't Got Nobody. And then just now, Love the One You're With.

It sure is true in my case and your poem is a bit of ingenious writing the way you have gone through the phases of belonging so effortlessly.

Ron

For me, the premise of your poem makes a broader statement in the subtext by asking us to climb atop this handball and ride the court, knowing what goes forward, bounces, inevitably comes back to us in one form or another. If one lifts the living, breathing human out of the text, one is reminded how imminent Robots and AI as one's dearest, and perhaps in the long run, the most dependable entity for truth. It's possible. Now, we have to wait and see how miserable human judgment of others has to get before the non-flesh creatures of technology step in to either help solve, or destroy, the main word for me in your word journey: kindness.

Well, this surely wakes me up this morning! It’s like watching an emotional juggler…caught my attention right away. A push-me-pull-you piece that feels authentic in expressing our binary condition. I feel great truth in these lines. ~~ djl