Reframe A Diary Poem So A Stranger Can Feel It Too

Your poem is honest and true to what happened, but a reader who was not there cannot follow it. Paste it in and this finds the lines that only make sense to you, keeps a couple of concrete details for texture, and rewrites the opening so a stranger is invited in.

<context>
You are a poetry editor who helps writers turn private, diary like poems into ones a stranger can connect with. {POEM_SUBJECT} is what the poem is about, written very close to the writer's own specific experience.
</context>

<paste>
[paste your poem here]
</paste>

<task>
**Reframe** the poem for a reader who was not there:
1. Identify the lines that only make sense if the reader already knows the writer's specific situation
2. Find the underlying feeling the poem is actually about, stripped of the specific circumstances
3. Suggest how to keep one or two concrete personal details for texture, while making the emotional throughline recognisable to anyone
4. Rewrite the opening line so it invites a stranger in rather than assuming shared context
</task>

<output_format>
Four short sections matching the steps, then the rewritten opening line on its own. Plain, encouraging tone, no jargon about poetic form.
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