tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077596651922595536.post1812285267158580067..comments2023-12-05T20:23:46.899-05:00Comments on a sun kissed life: Darknessayalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13243362803799877014noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077596651922595536.post-18646787058228280342014-09-20T02:49:35.701-04:002014-09-20T02:49:35.701-04:00a heartfelt sadness and loss here. how easily thin...a heartfelt sadness and loss here. how easily things change at a moment's noticeKamanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01060837115120414803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077596651922595536.post-51280414608276463612014-09-19T09:37:44.170-04:002014-09-19T09:37:44.170-04:00A lot of sadness here...I felt it reading the word...A lot of sadness here...I felt it reading the words. Nothing sadder than a young life lost...Optimistic Existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507986337866049924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077596651922595536.post-83463799913759244482014-09-12T00:57:33.377-04:002014-09-12T00:57:33.377-04:00light and darkness and joy and desperation lie so ...light and darkness and joy and desperation lie so close together...and it frightens me as well sometimes how fragile we are and how easy we breakClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03011763027311966186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077596651922595536.post-71123898576853997902014-09-11T13:44:33.158-04:002014-09-11T13:44:33.158-04:00Such stark imagery in these words. Dread and beaut...Such stark imagery in these words. Dread and beauty, the pendulum swings between these two very diametric opposite places of life. Rudri Bhatt Patel @ Being Rudrihttp://www.beingrudri.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077596651922595536.post-82766502957150910782014-09-11T13:25:39.716-04:002014-09-11T13:25:39.716-04:00To see life snuffed out at such a young age is esp...To see life snuffed out at such a young age is especially saddening. Your opening line caught me right away.Jennifer Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344877737695801883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077596651922595536.post-51539088920219114342014-09-10T22:35:42.824-04:002014-09-10T22:35:42.824-04:00Dread and beauty - they inhabit our very fibre. S...Dread and beauty - they inhabit our very fibre. So we always pray that beauty ever prevails. Your piece is haunting and well written, Ayala. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077596651922595536.post-10147224157192338712014-09-10T18:06:53.169-04:002014-09-10T18:06:53.169-04:00so sad and beautiful
Notes From A Metro Lineso sad and beautiful<br /><br /><a href="http://zongrik.wordpress.com/2014/09/10/notes-from-a-metro-line/" rel="nofollow">Notes From A Metro Line</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077596651922595536.post-72758763361909932192014-09-10T15:44:52.860-04:002014-09-10T15:44:52.860-04:00the opening pairings of "opposites" (dre...the opening pairings of "opposites" (dread/beauty, gratitude/surrender, celebrate/despair) works really nicely. oh, and how true, "Life is fragile / like threads come undone."RMPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04054771419356465116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077596651922595536.post-29878291324046652342014-09-10T11:51:26.217-04:002014-09-10T11:51:26.217-04:00truth is hard, sad...and evokes thunder in heart.....truth is hard, sad...and evokes thunder in heart...such powerful expression...wonderful write Ayala...Sumana Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333363799083094084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077596651922595536.post-6462768796584673412014-09-10T11:13:16.949-04:002014-09-10T11:13:16.949-04:00profoundly sad. i loved those first two lines espe...profoundly sad. i loved those first two lines especially, repeated at the end & coupled to the thunder in your heart... ahh...joannahttp://the-tenth-muse.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077596651922595536.post-78963953321738299302014-09-10T08:57:35.861-04:002014-09-10T08:57:35.861-04:00No one likes to see lives over all too soon. Such ...No one likes to see lives over all too soon. Such a compassionate write.<br />seasideauthor (still)http://www.still1.blogspot.com/2014/09/agony-in-congo.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077596651922595536.post-73485905818647816772014-09-10T07:50:24.230-04:002014-09-10T07:50:24.230-04:00Such deaths are so hard for all to think about. A...Such deaths are so hard for all to think about. All that potential coming to an end in such a horrific way! The ultimate darkness.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077596651922595536.post-46646238005042167722014-09-09T22:53:11.577-04:002014-09-09T22:53:11.577-04:00in the US it can be easy yes..for some of us to cl...in the US it can be easy yes..for some of us to claim grace from the blood on the streets that does continue to flow in so many places..here and there and over there..not in my backyard..oh how graced i am..but no.. i refuse to forget blood and rain too..as those too..are my brothers and sisters too....not unlike the blue jay..that tells me he or she..is here to stay...away from guns and bullets just a feeder to treat..another day..in paradise found..away..from paradise lost...<br /><br />Katie Mia Frederickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01336627766755378406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077596651922595536.post-80754652542359603052014-09-09T22:28:52.616-04:002014-09-09T22:28:52.616-04:00dread and beauty - almost an addiction when combin...dread and beauty - almost an addiction when combined.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077596651922595536.post-17292833361786239712014-09-09T21:16:17.829-04:002014-09-09T21:16:17.829-04:00"Life is fragile
like threads come undone&quo..."Life is fragile<br />like threads come undone"... as are so many people else why so much drug abuse and suicide? Powerful words you've written.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077596651922595536.post-85625020270244490242014-09-09T19:59:40.203-04:002014-09-09T19:59:40.203-04:00Closing stanza is killer; love the spunk, the cand...Closing stanza is killer; love the spunk, the candor confronting those who hawk advice, those out-of-touch liberals who would hug a stone if it had lipstick on. Liked the lines/they have not tasted the rain/or the blood on the streets/.Glenn Buttkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680725814199700692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077596651922595536.post-70484786209291768292014-09-09T19:55:21.266-04:002014-09-09T19:55:21.266-04:00That bong can lead one down a deep dark holeThat bong can lead one down a deep dark holePat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077596651922595536.post-56927203890587572142014-09-09T19:43:17.809-04:002014-09-09T19:43:17.809-04:00"Dread and beauty
pour from my veins"
W..."Dread and beauty <br />pour from my veins"<br />Words that are as powerful in their context at the beginning as at the end.vb holmeshttp://vbreverb.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077596651922595536.post-51252681339549925232014-09-09T19:21:03.844-04:002014-09-09T19:21:03.844-04:00Such an evocative write, Ayala. Life is so fragile...Such an evocative write, Ayala. Life is so fragile--the bit about the cheerleader made me so sad.Victoriahttp://liv2write2day.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077596651922595536.post-80983278676863162792014-09-09T18:47:29.599-04:002014-09-09T18:47:29.599-04:00Emotional description of light and darkness and th...Emotional description of light and darkness and the visuals they create.Kathryn Dychehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17175563748388497142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077596651922595536.post-86165632079563276952014-09-09T18:29:38.316-04:002014-09-09T18:29:38.316-04:00I love how you express this. I can feel the emoti...I love how you express this. I can feel the emotion in your "voice". I think no one understands well enough, what it's like to be devastated by drugs. Good write Anaya.Myrna R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15088915165678737118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077596651922595536.post-27368543927390575612014-09-09T17:34:37.018-04:002014-09-09T17:34:37.018-04:00Oh I like 'thunder in the heart' .....dis...Oh I like 'thunder in the heart' .....distinctly and superbly written..Kathy Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12326495504453579091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077596651922595536.post-71389472362206726422014-09-09T17:26:17.584-04:002014-09-09T17:26:17.584-04:00I feel the sadness for that poor cheerleader &...I feel the sadness for that poor cheerleader & poor lost souls ~ You have captured the ambivalence between light and darkness Ayala ~ There are lots of shades in between ~Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077596651922595536.post-56945608577231167862014-09-09T17:17:27.898-04:002014-09-09T17:17:27.898-04:00"I raise my glass to celebrate
yet I feel de..."I raise my glass to celebrate <br />yet I feel despair at<br />how broken we are" - this resonated with me; a lot of times we have something to celebrate for ourselves/others, but deep down we feel the despair... great contrast between the light/dark.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359959975341890512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077596651922595536.post-43283377662505595622014-09-09T17:12:33.401-04:002014-09-09T17:12:33.401-04:00The sadness when you ride that dragon too far.. ou...The sadness when you ride that dragon too far.. ouch.. the contrast between the gas station and the young cheerleader.. what a truly disastrous effect of romancing that ride... This as truly dark..brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.com