Radies --- That is an absolutely beautiful piece of writing! It conveys such powerful emotion... I'm moved! So sorry you had to go through that experience --- it's all too common, sadly... I hope you'll keep writing, and continue to share your poems with us here!

And Aquaman & Glyndwr... Thank-you so much for your compliments. I tend to be hyper-critical of my own work, so sharing here took some guts --- in fact, I was almost as nervous posting these as posting my pics, which is really saying something! But, just like with the pics, it gets easier to share the poems as I hear your encouraging comments. I'll try to dig out something more to share, when I get a chance.

--- sweetstuff