consider the lilies

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Hey cher, love how beautifully you use this series of poetry to portray what all faith can do.
The first one is definitely my favorite, since the imagery is so vivid and no one ever being truly along is such a soothing thought. The second poem talks about the sun and burning, coincidentally similiar to my poem today, it's kinda insane! I love the subtle repetition in poem three as a play at echo itself. I found the overfed but underloved line most fascinating. Honey and constellations are also some of my favorite elements to use, so they really called out to me here. Much love, keep up the coherency <3

ohhhh the first three lines of this last one..

serenade me and I might just love you back
but this love is made of sand, and the waves are
ruthless when they come

the speaker feels kinda like a wave giving / taking, wanting to be all in, and then questioning. I love where you break the lines in this poem and the complexity of the speaker's love.

You know it's good when we pick out the exact same part to mention. I think, as someone who does not claim religion, the consideration of love was most familiar to me of all the topics, but that opening imagery of waves, sand, and water mixed with love was really honest. Made me feel like we were peering back into high-school, middle school love. And now we know more, with help of someone or without.