Hi Ashlei,
Sorry I took so long in returning the favour of reviewing, which I am very grateful for, and I am glad you found something you could connect to. It means more than you would think it could actually...

Anyway, what do you think you're doing belittling this? It's wonderful. Well, I love it regardless of your own opinions, especially 'and the feeling of being able to breathe just a little more easily'. I'm not sure why that line stood out but it resonates still in my mind... I found it to be very honest, a true expression of self, and I admire you very much for being brave enough to bear so much of what I can only assume to be your soul, for this is very soulful. I also liked the use of the rain. I personally view rain, poetically, metaphorically and literally, in a different way but Iliked the way you wrote about it... Hmm, I'm rambling...I tried to write a useful commentary and such but I've rather failed haven't I?

I noticed you said at the start it's not a poem or a journal. I actually read it as a poem, despite your assurance that it wasn't. It had lovely imagery, and surprisingly good rhythm for a none-poetical piece... Well, I guess you will believe me now when I say I liked it... Hope so.

And I could relate, and I appreciated many of my own thoughts reflected through another's eyes.

Good Luck with your writer's block!

Jemma

Wow.. this was amazing..
i loved the ending.. rhetorical questions really made your piece better.
although its not a poem, it was a window into your soul.. which i truely congratulate you on, for being able to write. it was very good.
and the rain thing.. how you cry in the rain so that people do not notice your tears.. i felt your pain so deeply through this.. but, often, if you cry in the sunlight, people still wont notice.. its the people that notice you crying in the rain and sunlight, and the people that know that you have cried yourself to sleep, those are the people to keep in our lives..
sorry that was a bit of ramble.. sorry.
but it was very good :)

This was so vivid hun. The length had nothing to do with the strenght your sentence produced and indeed I feel that many people here and everywhere can relate to the words though probably not in the exact same way. It's universal and well written. Keep it up.

.[Bow].

Never read anything like this on a poetic site but i have read some terrible poems and i find this far much better. I would really like to know a person who hasnt gone through such phase or couldn't relate to it and the day i meet that person i would call him/her LIAR.

Everything has an end which means rain has to stop someday but the questions is....are you ready for what will come after that??

Great release.

all the best and take care