Ah! What an enchanting little poem… the depth you have managed to capture within a few lines is quite amazing! The lines “as the empty world walked on by” really resonated with me and I thought they tied the poem together perfectly! Well done!

it went straight to the heart! I know of a woman who just lost her husband recently and he was Mr. Fixit. He was always fixing something around the house. Now that he's gone, she has had to learn to do a lot of the things that he used to take care of, because they had no children, and she can't afford to have someone come every time something goes wrong. She says that the world seems so empty now. That was what struck me the most about this poem. "as the empty world walks by."
Nice job of evoking some real emotion. ~ Geez.
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This is a bitter sweet piece. Whatever inspires this, I think anyone can relate because it's sth that might hit anyone anytime. It's so deep and heartfelt indeed.
For a reason I thought it deserves a deeper title but seems to be it's only me :)
Much enjoyed reading your works

I’m sorry to hear of the loss of your husband. No matter how distant his passing is, I can’t imagine it really gets easier, more like we grow around our grief.

Your way with words is very appealing to me as a reader. There is a depth an breadth to your poems that is very organic. I feel that you are a very wise woman and I believe in your vision of our world, empty as it may sometimes feel. What is never empty is your writing, I love it.

Tim

When he left them bereft
they missed him most
Mr FIXIT gone
left untrained
the car keys were to be found
but who would drive it

They wondered
then pulled up their socks

Things have to be done and they learnt

(now I won't be publishing any stream poem for a while Lavs)

A very thoughtful poem about life and its experiences.
Thank you

I got a very different view of your poem, from these lines:

she sealed the cracks
on the front porch steps
as the empty world
walked on by

it came to me that she was preparing to end her life. sorry if I read the signs wrong. anyway, the last line is the best. (I too, am sorry for your loss in the past)

*love, Cat