Does this poem contain a universal thought "Stored Negatives"?

With the exception of a couple spelling errors Frederic,

S1 L2 it's lingered to(o) long

S2 L2 eyesight is one word

and I think as well that your last couplet should end with a question mark, I found this to be a most thought provoking piece in its content.

I, for one, have personally found that the old "memories", the old "negatives", are

my life's challenge. These pictures of sorrow will be with me to the end as I "learn" to forgive myself for my own failings. Seems I've forgiven everyone else and now it's my turn to let go of my own disappointment in myself and forgive me.

This poem is indeed a wonderfully written reminder of a most universal theme in life that we are ALL, fragile and frail human beings just doing the best we can.

Beautifully done!

A write of ponderous days and nights - which

arrive in us all now and hen, later or sooner Fredric;

when time slips and staggers and rights itself as you write

and then assaults us more vividly than the tediums of today`s task.

Some phrases here - `false reality`, & `engraved tomb` -

seem not quite to express you or the meaning as deeply

authentically as your other phrases..or am I just nitpicking?

S3. L4., `Nor pictures showing where you think you failed`?

I`m in 2 minds about the last couplet for to me it seems just right

more as a statement of curiosity which you make inwardly to yourself

than a question, despite its` being technically one it has for me

the air of a wondering declaration.

I seldom critique your work but simply comment

as your work is deep and most affecting -

yet this is so outstanding in its` statements (to. of yourself)

that I want to try to have it hold its` contemplative tone throughout.

Unsure if you will take this as a critique only for you to consider

(and chuck out if it is way off the mark) or as a criticism..it is

certainly not the latter Fredric.

I am in tune (I think...?)

with the mood of this - hence my suggestions.

Again the last couplet: `I

`Was I to focus the mind on tomorrow

And release all the pictures of sorrow

Then , ................................................`.

I offer a 9...it IS Universal, (you convince me it is not only my mind`s annoying activities)

Plus my thanks for the strange assurance here, that I`m not alone in

having an over-crowded mental stage of dramatic moments-past,

distracting me! You poem these so very well indeed.

Think you`ve a long way to go ere vapour sets out to drizzle you..

Blessings! TY, again.

:)

p.s. Your title does some justice to your good poem -

I call these, oddly, `stack-ups` as they

happen in the early winter-time, when I`m too lethargic to do

much that`s new and the nasties stack up on me!

I love the poem! I don't know what you mean by "stored negatives" but I like the way you collect all the "false hopes" and you see them for what they are, and then release them. The ending two lines are so beautiful! Lovely to read Frederick!

You do possess an amazing talent for writing poetry, and this one is exceptional.

A very good question, indeed. Beautifully described and amazingly wondered by many.

Thank you for sharing.

and yes, I agree with D5's suggestion!