I was on the edge of my seat reading this poem. Such graphic and visual images not painting the prettiest of pictures but DAMN strong poetry! Good luck in the contest!!! I have a feeling this will win, it should anyways! I love this piece from you :)
Lostlove1~

Stellar!

Love your words, images and feelings on balance.

Awesome, Beautiful, Interesting. You and Your Poetry.

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Wonderful poem :)

I was right! Congrats well deserved Nova.

Can't say I appreciated the other two poems this week, they were, in turn, vacuous and pretentious, but yours is a very good poem, well-wrought, heartfelt, enjoyable - clear without being stative, powerful without being melodramatic.

Brilliant! Your words left me heartbroken but also overcome by a sensual wave. The bit with his lips being the brim of the glass was amazing! I could just sense the loneliness uttered by those few lines. Your beginning stanza was just perfect! You just got right to the point without forcing and "cutesy" introductions.

"spewing up bits of my soul into a porcelain bowl"
^I adored the subtle rhyme here! Just came so naturally.

I loved this poem and want to read it again and again. The more I read it, the more my heart aches for the person in the poem. You made everything just come alive so easily. Wonderfully done!