Originally Posted by Mermaid on the breakwater

I think I already explained why I thought it might be. For sure, the content is entirely different but the style is very similar and the themes are also similar. An internal conflict portrayed externally, is one of the things I thought you were going for with this one which is not a million miles away from your poem "peaceful Exile".

Originally Posted by Open2suggestion

I'm a newbie so I almost feel ridiculous commenting on something done by a vet such as yourself.. but this especially jumped out at me because I am partial to rhyming poetry. Many times though the rhymes make the thing seemed forced and hokey -- not so here. This read like liquid, the flow was virtually perfect. I am still grasping for the metaphor but I really enjoyed the read.