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Phoenix_Tears
08-09-2003, 12:56 PM
I really like this one actually, it could use a lot of work, it's about 60/100 good, but thats ok for now, maybe not later though wink


It’s like watching a movie in my head
It makes me wish I were dead
I feel such heaviness inside of me
It’s like a spell, which I will never be free
I turned to the faith, which satisfied me for a while
But for the journey of a thousand steps, it only took me a mile
It’s like wanting something with all your heart, but knowing it must never be
I cry and I wonder “Why me?”
I cannot be what everyone wants me to be, it would contradict who I really am
It’s like if I let myself show true, they say something like “well damn”
I feel so sick; I want to throw up whatever that’s killing me from inside
Choking me in my own pride
I find I cannot look at anyone anymore
Fearing they will see how deep they have me torn
I try to pick up the pieces of my broken soul
Though it’s too late for me now, I cannot be consoled
It’s like all I wanted was someone to show that they cared
But now if they did I might be scared
Forget about me as most have already done-


I am thinking of adding something to the end after the last line, what do you think? leave or add? if so, any suggestions? I want to do something like della moon did a while back, the poetry cafe, exercise and stretch my abuilities as a poet. give me a topic and i'll write a poem about it. then you can criticize it. i want honest ideas.

gatsbysghost
08-10-2003, 10:58 PM
You and I share the same weakness: structure. I read it first to myself, and then aloud. Play around some. Keep revising the poem, attempting to find its natural flow. The content is good. I find that when I re-work a poem I often find stronger words to drive my point across. It also helps in filtering out parts that don't contribute to the overall message. Just mess about, move some lines around. You'll find what you are looking for.

firestarter
08-13-2003, 06:40 PM
i can completely relate to the message in your poem. however, when i read it, i couldnt help but feel as though the words that were made to rhym sounded a little forced. have you thought about maybe revising your poem to where it didnt rhym? when i first started writing, it was a purpose of mine to make all of my poems rhym. i then started to realize that a lot of them started to sound fake, forced. who knows, if you try to make this poem rhym less, you might even enjoy reading it more then when it did.

firestarter