All Comments on 'These past years'

For the short burst of thought, and a nice way of wrapping your subject up in very few words. A terrific skill. Keep it up!!

I said I liked your other submission (The children) more, but the more I read this one, the stronger it seems to me. The phrase "lingered less in my/Waking thoughts" gives the first image a dreamy, vaporous quality even though that's the "awake" image. I agree with Anschul: you pack a lot of meaning into a few words.

Your poem has been recommended in the New Poems Review thread on Literotica's Poetry Feedback and Discussion forum.

I can relate to this, so, for me, this small tightly written little poem packs quite a punch.