Third Edit: Denial

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Hi Richard. I like your poem because it is one of those poems that poets write. Poets with real poet hearts. I actually didn't mind the orginal, either.


Denial                                                                   I always think "The Nile" when I see this word in a poem, don't know why

I am a dark room:                                                  
curtains drawn,
mirror made useless,                                           no reflection
dreams where desires no longer sleep                    
but sprint beyond a consciousness                      interesting use of words here
cluttered with words like, "Goodnight,"
and, "How's your wife?"                                      

You are the light                                                   
pressing against my window,                                
desperate with hope to find even a crack
to penetrate.                                                      
But there can be no entry,
no kiss at sunset or sunrise,
only darkness can protect us from the truth.       kindly, well-written and expressed


A fine poem. Thank you for giving me the opportunity

to read this and critque it.

Janine