This lyric is fantastic! And the quiet guitar and your gorgeous vocals really deliver it so well. This is heartbreaking in the best way.

Fantastic song!

Oh I say. Came here randomly and was really impressed—the atmosphere and the mental imagery resonate very vividly.

Great lyrics. Your voice sounds great. So quiet and beautiful

Wow! I love this haunting song. You created such an amazing gorgeous song inspired by the postcard! Love your gentle guitar and beautiful melody and phrasing as you deliver the poignant lyrics with such lovely vocals. Powerful. Compelling. Brilliant.

Love the lyrical start to this. Hooked me right away and I thoroughly enjoyed reading along to your voice on this one. Chilling and poignant narrative. The pacing and tempo of the song is perfect and helps convey the emotion. Really beautiful work on this one @jinx

Beautiful sentiments. The first part of the song really grabs the audience, drawing us in to the important points you are making. Excellent!

Libraries and trashing traditional gender roles, I am in! The opening two stanzas are great and really hook you in to the song. What a fab post card and prompt well done both!

I like how we see both sides: the climber and the climb-less, the reader and the fighter. Part of me wanted to hear about the first two again at the end. Beautiful vocal.

What a powerful lyric, and sung so tenderly, so achingly. Your voice is beautiful, and, like the restraint in the guitar, hints at that freedom of what's over the wall. Like Picasso said, "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." I think that applies to much more than our relationship to making art, as you capture in that compromise of what it means to be a man or woman for society not humanity.

This is such a beautiful song. The frisson the moment it played. Your voice, the words - everything is so perfect. I'm glad I could be a part of this process. Thanks!!!

I love seing the results of the postcards! You got truly inspired by this post. Interesting and refreshing story

There's a lot of power in this quiet song. I love that delicate guitar, especially as a backdrop for the soaring vocal. That's a hard-hitting lyric, too. Heartbreaking, really

What a great write! On the surface a sad story, but underneath a message very profound.

Such a timeless feel to this like it was some old traditional Celtic or Appalachian folk ballad that had been in that canon forever. The singing is simply captivating to the point where I had to go back for a second listen so that I could really pay attention to the intrinsic quality of the song, which I then found to be extraordinary. My compliments to the chef.

Ooof, this so beautiful it hurts! Love your vocals over the acoustic guitar, and those lyrics are amazing, @jinx. That ending has so much sadness, but it captures the sadness of life perfectly.

Oh, this is lovely, such a poignant and pensive set of lyrics, beautifully supported by the melody and guitar. This one’s a keeper!

I love this lyric. Says so much with so little. And the combination of your soulful voice with the gently rolling guitar is beautiful.

Pretty song, Jinx with touching lyrics. I should look into the postcard challenge myself.

Very nice job on the lyrics and drawing me into the story. I love how the story makes a circle, although not the ending we want. Beautiful, poignant guitar and vocals!