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Pragalbha Doshi's avatar

True we don't get to go back whatsoever! Loved the metaphor of a country.

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Reena Kapoor's avatar

Thanks Pragalbha!

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Good Humor by CK Steefel's avatar

So much emotion. Love the past being analogous to a country. 🥰

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Reena Kapoor's avatar

Thanks Carissa! Appreciate it.

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Tim Flood's avatar

Reena, this is beautifully rendered and reflects a lot of the feelings I tried to express in my "Spaceman" story in Fault Zone: Detachment. You don't have to leave only a country to have these feelings. It can be a local culture or an area of a country where you were born and raised but which you feel separated from. Thank you.

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Reena Kapoor's avatar

Aww thanks so much dear Tim! It means so much 🙏

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Switter’s World's avatar

Be still my beating heart! A poem so beautiful!

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Reena Kapoor's avatar

Thank you so much! That means a lot Switter…

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Switter’s World's avatar

No. thank you.

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Paul Wittenberger's avatar

It's true, Reena, we all have a past but we don't have to live there. As it is, there are too many people there already.

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Reena Kapoor's avatar

Well put Paul! Thanks so much for reading and for being here 🙏

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Mads's avatar

It rings very true, and it was beautifully expressed in your poem!

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Reena Kapoor's avatar

Thanks so much Mads!

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