Andrea, what an amazing poem, such profound emotion and open expression... absolutely fab :)

Andrea, amazing, one word, that's all I got....

I'm with Brenda and Michael on this!

Such an amazing poem! Full of beautiful imagery and so much emotion. Those last few lines are what really got to me. Sometimes we can never truly put ourselves back together the way we were...but even broken we can still rise up and move forward.
I truly do love this...you did an incredible job, Andrea!

Beautiful. To be broken, is to be different, free. And that's a good thing.

A beautiful piece with wistful sadness

Judging Comment:

The intro reminded me of mornings - and late nights with some people that I miss dearly, so that was an amazing thing to connect with. Maple Tree didn't let me down as she created the idea of shadows playing or dancing around in the foreground of the author's world. The next stanza shows some contrast to this by introducing an idea of hope, which is turning the author back into something fragile. Above all else, the contrast and interesting style of back and forth really captivated audiences across the board this week,