Chels I really like this and relate to this a lot. I love the battle in bewteen the lines of feeling this sadness and loss but yet anger that you feel this way because it hurts to admit they meant something to you because of the way they hurt you.

You open the poem by saying how much you miss them, how it comes out of the blue. In January I always find people reflect over the recent year and emotions surface again and bring with it the memories they had put away.

I like how you go on to say what it is that you miss, it shows the thoughts lead on and on and you begin to slowly miss everything about them. A voice is a powerful thing and not something easy to forget, no matter how long it has been since we heard it.

I thought you done a great job in using abandoned clothes on a line to show how you felt when they left you. Wondering what you done to deserve this pain.

The second last stanza, you show that the bond was once strong because it felt like they knew you better than you knew yourself, and they completed you. This shows the devastation it would cause when the person who completes you, leaves you.

Then your ending you admit to yourself that you closed off these emotions at the time to protect yourself from the pain and emotions which are in this poem, but sooner or later they do come out and we can't ignore them forever, no matter how hard we try.

I really liked this one. Well done. x

I always enjoy reading a poem that is a good body of text because it presents to the reader an entire meal to sink ones teeth into.

The topic of heartbreak, the fight with one's inner self not feel any sorrow, not to yearn for the person responsible for such agony really hits home with me and I must say that the poem brought me back a few years. As a writer, this is a huge compliment, and I applaud the fact that your words had that power.

I also found it intersting the way it read very therapeutic, almost like a diary or a letter and for me that was very important, especially when you're dealing with such a well-known topic. By keeping it down-to-earth, humble yet allowing yourself to sow in some imagery here and there you didn't alienate me as a reader, but you drew me in and allowed me to compare my own tragedies with yours and I felt closer to you as I read on.

A clear 5-rate and the best poem I've read so far today. Easily. Congrats and keep up the good work :)

Ares