Hi Brian K Compton ;

It's 💙 Carly: poems & novel and I have the pleasure of reading and reviewing your poem as it comes before mine in the I Write in 2025 forum.

This is a very powerful poem. It resonated with me.
The line "I still cannot metabolize you" really sunk in. Relationships change you just like everything else we 'consume' in life - from what we read, hear, see, smell, taste. A relationship brings all of that into play and when they end - there is an unlearning of sorts... a 'metabolizing' of what had been. It is difficult, particularly when the relationship was very much a part of who you saw yourself to be.

I really enjoy your word choices. I may just have to print this poem out as one to savour and read over every so often. It makes me feel human. Like the human experience is in the living and the loving of what is important to us.

I enjoyed the song as well. Thank you for including it. I read the poem once, then listened to the music, then reread the poem.

Thank you so much for sharing. I look forward to reading more of your work... I have a feeling this might be the first time I have gotten to enjoy your work. Keep writing.

My review has been submitted for consideration in "Good Deeds Get CASH!" .