tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218241678607183535.post6376347193864627396..comments2014-05-16T18:12:57.821-07:00Comments on The Sounding: Apartment LifeDavid Newsomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02698845610286763351noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218241678607183535.post-13412861614103661602013-12-11T23:01:47.764-08:002013-12-11T23:01:47.764-08:00I admire how you illustrate that in our youth we a...I admire how you illustrate that in our youth we are so inexperience and in awe of what we see that we don't realize what we should fear.... we are open. As we age we feel "closed in" (our "free-ness" in youth gone, more responsibilities and walls) and our fears are realized and we crave comfort and a routine (which is interesting because there is a sense of control when a routine is in place ). Your poem makes the reader think. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com