Butterfly

4 posts
User avatar
Gender None specified
Points 1623
Reviews 27
I remember a time
long ago
when you had hurt me
and down I go...

You broke my heart,
and I thought I was gone,
I have since recovered,
turns out, I won!

I wanted you,
wished you wanted me,
you loved her,
and I let you be...

I see your hapiness,
even if she hurt you,
I am a new person,
I hope she is too...

If she hurts you,
I don't know if I'd be there,
so for your sake,
I hope she now cares.

Since that day,
I feel new...
Like a newly born butterfly
I since flew...

I wish to see new things,
To view what seems,
impossible to others,
and see what it means.
The road is full of many bumps and mounds; it's up to the strength of our heart and soul to be able to overcome them.




User avatar
Gender Female
Points 12611
Reviews 321
I really like this, it is very deep. I think I like it so much because I can relate to this right now. I am in the same situation and I am sorry you had to deal with this.
My reality comes to a close as I once again realize that you don't love me, and even if I love you with my everything you will never care.





Random avatar
Gender Female
Points 9682
Reviews 156
Wow.

I like that it starts out sad, but turns to peaceful. That's not something I've seen very often.

twilight tiger wrote:I remember a time
long ago
when you had hurt me
and down I go...

I see why the verb tense changes, but I think you can use the correct tense and still keep the flow.
when you would hurt me
and down I'd go...


You broke my heart,
and I thought I was gone,
I have since recovered,
turns out, I won!

This doesn't quite rhyme. "Gone" should be "done."

I only found these two small problems. Congrats!

--McMourning
"One voice can be stronger than a thousand voices, " Captain Kathryn Janeway




User avatar
Gender Female
Points 1355
Reviews 28
If I may correct McMourning on that last part of their post; the rhyming of "gone" and "done" is a visual rhyming, such as 'grown' and 'gown'. It sometimes throws off the rhythm of the poem, but as I've seen in many poems by famous poets, that's a common trend.

To Miss twilight tiger, this is another wonderful poem! The flow of it is great, and I commend you on a successful use of visual rhyming skills, it didn't harm the flow of the poem at all! I absolutely love your poems! They're amazing!
Llama 1:"Shh! Do you hear that? That's the sound of forgiveness."
Llama 2:"That's the sound of people drowning, Carl!"
Llama 1:"That is what forgiveness sounds like; screaming and then silence."



Cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can’t fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.
— William S. Burroughs