Like concrete and lead

by AngelBunnyroll

Published March 14, 2017

E - Everyone

In Poetry

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laying in a bed with a dreary cloud laying above my head

who is gonna hear me when I start screaming for help

Limbs like concrete and lead recently I've started

to wish I was dead but then I stop to think

what exactly keeps me from reaching over the brink

to a place where my voice is silenced and the pain is numb

I'll be honest with everyone but myself these little words or thoughts make me feel

so very very dumb

sometimes I wonder if maybe I should write a final will

Eyelids like concrete and lead recently I started to feel

like a little doll way high up on the shelf on an old antique shop

collecting dust and wishing that I could hop and hop

to that stop sign laying in front of the misery bus so maybe then I can finally get back to 

the place where warm smiles and arms to hold me can make me smile

wish I could stay a while instead of being hooked up on a some wheels

that decide to turn my feels into small glass shattered on the ground

of a heart made of concrete and lead because to be truthful of it all

I wish you weren't dead and I wish I could smile again but meanwhile

here I am with concrete and lead a body that feels sad since the day you said 

I was mad for having a love for 7 years and still we're going

maybe you really are jealous after all, maybe you're the one

like concrete and lead

Comments & reviews · 3
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MeisterChan
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MeisterChan wrote a review Review · Mar 16, 2017

Hey, AngelBunnyroll! Scythe here for a quick review :)

Wow! This is amazing, I loved every word. It was so in-depth and emotional, almost like the real person was spilling their heart out right in front of you. I could sense a tone of understanding and realism (is this based on your experiences?)

Although, there are some issues. My issue is the formatting. The first word of every line should begin with a capital, the lines should not be as long as they are and then each section/idea should be separated into stanzas. Like so,

Laying in a bed
With a dreary cloud
above my head.

Who is going to hear me
When I start screaming
For help?

Limbs like concrete and lead.
Recently, I have begun to Wish
That I could be dead.
But, I stop to think,
About what exactly keeps me
From reaching over the brink.

To a place, where my voice is silenced
And the pain is numb.

I shall be honest, with everyone,
But myself.
These little words or thoughts
make feel so very very dumb.

Sometimes, I wonder if maybe I
Should write a final will

Eyelids like concrete and lead.
Like a little doll, way up high
On the shelf in an old antique shop.
Collecting dust and wishing
That I could hop and hop
To that stop sign
In front of the misery bus.

Maybe I can finally get back
To the place where warm smiles
And arms hold me.

I wish I could stay a while,
Instead of being hooked up
On some wheels
That decide to turn my feels
Into small glass,
which shatters on the ground.

A heart made of concrete and lead
Because to be truthful,
I wish you weren't dead
And I wish I could smile
But here I am,
with concrete and lead,
A body that feels so sad
Since that day.

You said I was mad,
For having a love of 7 years
And we are still going.

Maybe...
Maybe you were jealous after all,
Maybe you are the one
Like concrete and lead.


I changed and took out a couple of words, to make the flow better but also some of the words didn't make sense. I hope this helped! Great work, I hope to read more of your work!

Keep Writing! <3
- ScytheMeister

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IrisNight
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IrisNight wrote a review Review · Mar 14, 2017

Hello :) Ace101 here to do a hopefully helpful review! so first I am going to start with the faults :)
so the biggest thing I think, is that some sentences start with capital letters and others don't, all of your sentences, should start with a capital letter, bye that I mean like, this is just an example,

Banana's fly past my head,
I wish to fly past my bed,
With a wish of Banana Cream,
I dream a wonderful dream.

that was just a stupid example but do you kind of get it, like a comma at the end of every thing and then a capital letter after the comma on the next sentence, I hope you could understand that, sometimes I do not explain stuff well but I hope I did, um, I don't really see much else wrong with your poem, I really enjoyed reading it!!
It is really a lovely poem so great work and I cant wait to see more of your work out on YWS!


Ace101 out!

Thank you for the input! I don't really write poetry often so I don't really do the correct kind of format but yes I understand. It was a cute example by the way ^_^

haha, thanks, and honestly you don't HAVE to put the capital letter, but I just see most poems like that and so ya.

RyleighInWonderland wrote a review Review · Mar 14, 2017

This was awesome! I really enjoyed the entire poem and the message. I'm not sure if I'm right (I'm not to familiar with poetry but I'm learning!) but I'm pretty sure the poem was about someone struggling with the grief/loss of a dead significant other?

I can't critique it much since I'm not to familiar but I can say that it was easy to read and overall not bad to look at, so it had a good appeal. Thanks for writing!

yeah, grief is really accurate, a long time friend has been changing and getting more angry and we're no longer friends. Thank you for the review! ^_^



"In my contact with people I find that, as a rule, it is only the little, narrow people who live for themselves, who never read good books, who do not travel, who never open up their souls in a way to permit them to come into contact with other souls -- with the great outside world."
— Booker T. Washington, Up From Slavery