I love this poem. I’m so intrigued by this idea of a “space” that can be “called for” when things get tough. I also think you did a good job of showing the conflicting feeling people have toward life, and in so few lines. I’d work a little on word choice. The first “alive” should be “to life”, for example. I also see a tense switch (which might be intentional? I can’t tell) in the middle of the poem, where you go from past to present to past (“was” to “is” to “needed”). Those are minor details, though. Keep at it!
I love this poem. I’m so intrigued by this idea of a “space” that can be “called for” when things get tough. I also think you did a good job of showing the conflicting feeling people have toward life, and in so few lines. I’d work a little on word choice. The first “alive” should be “to life”, for example. I also see a tense switch (which might be intentional? I can’t tell) in the middle of the poem, where you go from past to present to past (“was” to “is” to “needed”). Those are minor details, though. Keep at it!