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As always there is a divine udercurrent to your writing, I loved this, you are a prince of bringing about exploration of emotion via imagery, I'm sure I've said so before. I had forgotton the feeling of being smitten, a bit like one forgets the pain of childbirth, perhaps it's a biological necesity so we don't continue to pine or to fear events in life which are so intense... In any case, you have delivered it here so evocatively & with beautiful poetry Steven.
With a sting in the tail with the final line as well, ouch.

Good poetry provokes one to feel & to think! You do it so well.

This, (among all of them) makes me ache at the thought of it... to be so well loved & to be so thought of:

if only I could
capture you
for you would see
the greatness
how I so complete
you

Such lovely sentiment & so poigniantly described

FORGET THE PAIN OF CHILDBIRTH? ARE YOU MAD? I'VE SEEN IT! HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY FORGET IT?! IF I HAD TO DO IT, IT WOULD HAUNT MY EVERY WAKING MOMENT AND FILL MY DREAMS ENDLESSLY!

Okay, I'm alright. Women are such incredibly powerful creatures. To treat something that scared the hell out of me so nonchalantly is absolute evidence of their overarching superiority.
As to the poem, I wish I had the poetic insight to offer you some sort of critical discussion that would improve your poetry, but I am so far out of your league all I can do is read and revel.
And Cloudy? You are a better man than I am.
wesley