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Tamy Faierman M.D.'s avatar

Full body goosebumps. This is a testament to life , to love, and to the eternal. Thank you for feeling so deeply Allum🙏🏻

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G. K. Allum's avatar

What a lovely comment! Thank you

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Tamy Faierman M.D.'s avatar

🥰🙏

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Tamy Faierman M.D.'s avatar

🙏✨🧿

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Mike Riley 🌴's avatar

Man. All the feels. Beautiful

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Emma Speer's avatar

“Now, in time, I look back

to find a stillness in regret”

I also find this stillness in regret. Regret reeks of mortality for me. It’s cold, the air doesn’t move, sound freezes over, and the only way out I’ve discovered is to vow a better future

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G. K. Allum's avatar

Amen.

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Growing a novel - Aniela York's avatar

Stunning

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G. K. Allum's avatar

Thank you :)

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Devo/Murphy Carpenter's avatar

This is heart wrenching

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Marcy Norman's avatar

This poem is remarkable. I feel the emotions coming through your words. I will gladly restack!

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Cassie Holmes's avatar

This is fantastic 🌺

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G. K. Allum's avatar

No, you are fantastic! Thanks!

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Cassie Holmes's avatar

🙏❤️

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POETRY with Nico 💫's avatar

I wish I could express how beautiful this is but words wouldn’t cover it.

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G. K. Allum's avatar

❤️

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This Is Your Warning's avatar

Beautiful piece! Haunting and lovely.

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G. K. Allum's avatar

Thank you!

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Søren Vale's avatar

So beautifully written.

I can feel the ache. The absence.

The reverence.

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G. K. Allum's avatar

I remember the year, the month, the week, the day, the hour, the minute, the second I finished this...I remember the ache.

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McCall Erickson's avatar

Oh my goodness. Really enjoying your poems. Also, you taught me a new word with this one (sepulchral). Thank you. ;)

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G. K. Allum's avatar

Oh I get extra points for that! Thanks for the kind words about my words

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Pasta Garcia's avatar

:( Making me cry at 3:08 in the afternoon... diabolical... beautiful 😭

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G. K. Allum's avatar

That's the most perfect time to cry (in my opinion!) - hope I didn't ruin your day :)

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Pasta Garcia's avatar

You ruined my life!! in the best way!! 😭 Please don't ever stop writing!

(I'll make a note to schedule all my cries at 3:08pm from this day forward. Thanks for the tip! 🫶)

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Neerja's avatar

This is breathtaking.

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Garrett Vanlandingham's avatar

sentimental territory without sentimentality. beautiful elegy.

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Treading Water's avatar

The sentiment and the flow is this piece is perfect.

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G. K. Allum's avatar

❤️❤️❤️

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Treading Water's avatar

Shared because the world needs more undying love 🖤

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Sheng's avatar

I feel this. 🩶

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