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Hi Elena ~

Your way of writing is very unique; previously, with your series of words strung together with hyphens. Like with the difference between active and inactive verbs, direct and indirect sentences, as I read, I keep thinking, "Okay, for sure she's going to screw this up this time... we're almost to the end of this line, and I haven't 'gotten' it, yet; and then the end comes and you've still managed to pull it together and I've 'gotten' it.

Then, with this one, without the hyphen linkages, but things being stated so indirectly, as though coming through the side door, and I experience that same kind of questioning. It causes me to wonder if it happens to also replicate the necessary indirectness of this particular relationship; and if the nature of the relationship changed, if that would de facto be reflected in your poetic style, as well. It's interesting to me how you maintain consistency with your approach, while still expressing your meanings.


~ Lizzy