All Comments on 'Against the Barrier Risen'

Loved the poem, but I'd be lying if I'm not hankering after a new story! Are you working on anything new? Absolutely adored "Reaching Out".

All the best man!

5-ed : seeing your poem after a loooong time , Bro!!

How have you been? and of course welcome back!

as written in the DDS handbook, TK U MLJ LV NV

Pretty heady, WD. First impression very favorable, but I need more to digest it.

Powerful title; it makes the reader wonder what the barrier is and who made it rise. I like the one syllable words with an exclamation point. I would have added them to Rip and Sprint in the first stanza.

I concluded that the images were universal enough to let me fill in the blanks of what the barrier is and who made it rise. I saw success, or perhaps redemption, through perseverance as the overarching theme. The last 7 lines were very meaningful for me in particular.

This is an exceptional poem IMO because it got me to thinking well after I finished reading it.

This is a pseudo-poem (I will not bother to "vote").