01-07-2015, 09:02 AM
i think what i appreciate most about this poem is the attention to detail and exquisite word choice.
it's the little things wrapped up in simple-yet-eloquent phrasings that drive this piece.
i also like that Mercedes takes no prisoners when she tugs at the heartstrings,
but does so without being maudlin or melodramatic. it's a palpable sadness...
not forced, not token, not cliched. it's just real, and that hurts the most, imho.
love love love this.
it's the little things wrapped up in simple-yet-eloquent phrasings that drive this piece.
i also like that Mercedes takes no prisoners when she tugs at the heartstrings,
but does so without being maudlin or melodramatic. it's a palpable sadness...
not forced, not token, not cliched. it's just real, and that hurts the most, imho.
love love love this.