| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by George Hoerner on 04/12/10 at 08:04 PM We must make our own purpose and I think writing helps. For others the search for truth where ever they see it. |
| Posted by Ken Harnisch on 04/13/10 at 03:52 AM The hour is always darkest before the dawn, Joan...TAKE HEART..the light is coming sooner than you think |
| Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 04/14/10 at 09:26 PM The willing destiny guides us. The unwilling destiny drags us...it's a question only you can answer and then realize your own intrinsic value, which I assure you you do possess! Thanks. |
| Posted by Kristine Briese on 04/19/10 at 03:51 PM You have an important purpose: writing poems that educate, provoke thought, experiment with emotion. |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 04/19/10 at 09:08 PM That second stanza hits pretty close to home here, Joan. I wonder how many of us feel invisible from time to time. You've captured that well. |
| Posted by Amie Golda on 04/20/10 at 01:38 AM Very relatable indeed, especially the first stanza. You capture well the melancholy of a meaningless life or the feeling of uselessness we human beings are so prone to, especially when that God-shaped hole in us is left unfilled. Well done, veri insightful indeed. |
| Posted by Scott Utley on 04/24/10 at 05:47 PM Joan - If you did not get up in the morning,(and I suspect you have not from time - although infrequent) I would not be able to get up and and might easily die -so easiely die it holds no oness - do suffer and loss and pain to to the loves of my live - great loss - but what's ahead? JOY JOY JOY and some of that JOY is a gift from you - thanks a ... LOT Sco u |
| Posted by Julie Adams on 04/25/10 at 02:10 PM Dear Joen, your poetry bares the soul so openly, it is invaluable on here...we all have our purpose, but it doesn't have to be traditional...find yourself again, and it too will fuel your poetry, the way this frustration can... |
| Posted by Julie Adams on 04/25/10 at 02:12 PM ps. Sorry for the typo, Joan, big hugs to u star...write, vent, search, and find peace within xoxox |
| Posted by Razel Davies on 02/07/11 at 01:35 PM I will give you a simple answer, because you are needed. There are so few people as wonderful as you in this world, without you the world would be a darker place. |
