Await Poem by Nika McGuin

Beautiful. Nika's poetry is so easy to get into and experience the feeling and emotions of. Even when it's about an uncomfortable subject, there's something comforting in the way she understands and explains it. Very good unique but completely correct poetry- in my opinion.

Nika, I really enjoyed this poem a lot. It's genuine, compassionate, and touching! Thanks for sharing such a lovely write!

I have already commented on this poem, but one comment doesn't exhaust its impact any more than one reading exhausts its meaning. This is the kind of poem Marie Shine describes as flowing, and I can't think of a better word to identify how you persuade your addressee to see the light, acknowledge the bond, heal the rift. We all need poems like this to encourage us to be patient and trust in the long run to fulfill our fondest hopes. It helps me!

I was drawn to this poem because of your one word title - AWAIT. It suggested time, patience, trust to me, and when I read the poem, all of those positive things appeared! You don't tell us in the poem what caused the rift between the speaker and other person, because the poem focuses on the speaker's efforts to heal it. And what a generous spirit she displays - no bitterness or accusation, just an emphasis on the special bond which is threatened: We are family, sublime harmony - these are values to be cherished and so the speaker's words invite reconciliation. The closing passage - your resentment is as empty as my soul is without you - is a complex statement of the importance of their relationship. It's beautifully expressed.