I Don't Write Love Songs

[Dark Muse]

This poem is meant to be a parody of itself. I began writing a poem which was stirred by a genuine memory but after the first few lines I was revolted by the thought that it was going to end up sounding exactly like the sort of thing I cannot stand, which is angsty love poems, so I flipped it around so the poem ended up making fun of itself.

I Don't Write Love Songs

I heard that song
on the radio
and it took me back
to a memory
buried inside
but these words I try to write
fill me with dread,
not because of you
or because of me
and the history in between,
but I never liked
heartbreak songs
and I don't cry
in the dark,
and I don't want
people to think
this is a love song
because it never
was about romance,
and I don't want
people to think
this is a plea
for sympathy
because I never
sing that tune,
I just wanted
to write about that day
while the song played
and we laughed
like the sunshine
but all I can do is wonder
was that only an
illusion too?

[hillwalker]

A clever idea - reminds me of that quote 'methinks the lady doth protest too much'.

You hate love songs and the very idea behind them so you go ahead and write one... because.....?

H

[Delta40]

Ha ha! very good. You battled hard throughout each line only to end up with that which you strove to avoid!

[Dark Muse]

A clever idea - reminds me of that quote 'methinks the lady doth protest too much'.

You hate love songs and the very idea behind them so you go ahead and write one... because.....?

H

Well I can't stand love angst poetry, for one because it is completely cliche, they all sound the same, once you have read one you have read them all in most cases, I belong to a few forums overrun by melodramatic teenagers who think the world is going to end because so and so dumped them.

And two, I have no sympathy for that woe is me, feeling sorry for myself line.

So I heard this song which actually did trigger a memory from the past so I started to write, and literally after the first two lines, I felt physically incapable of continuing the poem and I had this feeling of disgust with myself because I feared the poem was indeed going to end up sounding like some horrid bit of love angst, even though the episode in question was not one of a romantic nature.

And so I thought it would be to make fun of myself by writing about my difficultly in trying to write this poem without it turning into the very thing I hate.

[hillwalker]

My comment was slightly tongue-in-cheek. But you achieved what you set out to do.

[Dark Muse]

My comment was slightly tongue-in-cheek. But you achieved what you set out to do.

Oh lol sorry!

[hoope]

Nice poem .. and you conduct it in a very good way .. :)

[Dark Muse]

Thank you!