Hopelessness

Ah but "Je ne regrette rien". Alexander the Great is reputed to have said "When a feared thing is inevitable it should no longer be feared". There should never be a hopelessness. I like very much your imagery.

It's refreshing to read poems with repetitions such as this because it's not in every poem that you get to read these days. Not only the repetitions were good additions to the poem but at the same time added a lot to the flow.

Another fantastic poet who always adopts different styles. Bravo!

Good picture painted. "A hopeless man is a lifeless man."

Very good I loved it :)

These expressions can only come from the soul of a poet even when there is nothing left but heartaches and sorrow.

it's the coat that keeps my heart from bursting
into a dozen pieces like a beet in a blender
set to ice crush.

It's the strength I have to keep holding on
when my arms feel like warm dough
stretched across too much space.

And a touching humility in a loss which may or may not have been avoidable:

It's the certainty that what is coming
is inevitable and soon, and it's knowing
I failed to do all that I could.

So moving..........