Prayer to the Dark Face

[heslopian]

Thank you for your incredibly in-depth, honest and kind feedback, cidermaid; I read it all and it's invaluable. You've clarified so much of what I feel about myself as an amateur poet. I write and I expect others to understand, even though I chide that attitude in others! Thank you for being patient enough to dissect this piece, and your compliments are very comforting. To me, the whole poem is text in a textbook; someone is reading it, much as Catholics read written prayers and rituals.