Hi Rydia! Overall I really like this. It has powerful imagery and emotion and the rhythm works well. Pretty much all of my comments are nitpicks.
Grammatically, I think many of your stanzas should have a comma after the second line. Also "sunburn" is one word and I think "broach" is spelled "brooch".
I don't remember anything.
The rhyme here is shaky at best, and it throws off the flow. I'd either a) make the other line end in "ing" or b) rework this one. That's probably hard, but maybe you could do something about memories being thin?
and I wondered was I cruel.
Both the rhyming and grammar are awkward here. Full/cruel doesn't even feel like a slant rhyme to me. I wish I had a better suggestion but I really don't. Full and soul is a stronger rhyme that you could mess with if you wanted to. Or you could change "full" to "filled" and play with the rhymes that way.
Overall, I really like this. I can sort-of relate to the idea of having relatives that aren't talked about much (although in my case he's still alive as far as I know). Good job and keep writing!
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