Comments on: The Road Home

By: K.Hartless

K.Hartless — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 11:53:19 +0000

Lovely image of twilight surrendering mirroring he way your character surrenders himself to alcoholism and a night amongst the hazel wood. Great flow to your prose. I much enjoyed it.

By: merrildsmith

merrildsmith — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 16:06:16 +0000

So sad. I wonder what pain he has inside? I hope he finds peace or help before he does this again with more disastrous results.

By: sanaarizvi

sanaarizvi — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 20:57:46 +0000

This is incredibly poignant. You describe the drunken state so well here.

By: Björn Rudberg (brudberg)

Björn Rudberg (brudberg) — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 20:16:21 +0000

I can see this is the tragic story of yet another salary burnt on too much booze… I almost expected a wife waiting at home for the wage…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 18:18:47 +0000

And you’re not a writer??????

By: Helen Dehner

Helen Dehner — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 17:20:16 +0000

Your Prosery is sobering, a stark reminder of too much imbibing… Your Prosery is also beautifully composed.

By: Ingrid

Ingrid — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 12:18:07 +0000

I’ve been there, Ron and I’m glad I got out – it might have been fiction but it was an accurate description!

By: Doug Jacquier

Doug Jacquier — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 11:35:40 +0000

‘the fire of another squandered day, burnt to the ground, reduced to cinders’. Great line, Ron.

By: kim881

kim881 — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:50:50 +0000

I’ve known alcoholics like your character, Ron, who’ve got lost on their way home in the dark, and I’ve heard of some who did it in the middle of winter and never made it back. You’ve captured the drunken movements – the yank of gravity, stumbling and staggering – and the description of the ‘fire of another squandered day, burnt to the ground, reduced to cinders.’ He wasn’t completely incapable after all.

By: Ron Rowland

Ron Rowland — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 03:44:29 +0000

In reply to lillian. Fortunately for me, this is pure fiction.