Not much of a poet, but reading the challenge brought this to mind.

Feel free to take the kid gloves off in your critiques.

And, to be safe, marked it mature. May not be needed, but wanted to play safe.

Thanks. I’m glad you enjoyed it.

This is a nice piece of writing. I’m sure a lot of people can relate to it – I can, too. It’s always nice to see that! As far as the challenge: This piece does, however, do the exact opposite of the proposed concept. It is entirely reliant on words to carry the weight of the message. This, of course, does in no way detract from what is a piece of poetry- only that the idea of this particular challenge was disregarded. All the same, it’s a lovely piece, as was said before, so ty kindly for putting this here.

You’re probably right, poet. About the challenge, that is. This is merely what came to mind as I read it, and your suggestions. I probably should have posted outside of the challenge.

Thank you, though, for being so kind.