My own reflection

by LadyClay

Published July 21, 2012

In Poetry

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I see you everyday.
Oh delightful soul,
Your expression is lost,
Under the palm tree,
Where flowers grow.
In a diamond shattered beige,
The sky reflects in your eyes.
Deep in your visage,
Happiness is shared,
Poisoning your mind,
Of who you truly are.
Courage, dawn is coming,
In a golden orange pure view,
Of the immense sky.
There's still hope,
Smile is your only ally,
Bringing you force,
To deploy against yourself.
Broken words and promises,
Will lead you no where.
You're stuck,
Between present and past,
Pain and suffering makes
You wonder where you're going,
You've chosen your own path,
Where you don't count,
Where being loved doesn't matter anymore,
You give your all,
To unknown joy and memories,
Created and shared,
Fragilely you're breaking down,
To pieces,
You will return to dust,
No one has notice yet,
The loneliness of you smile,
And despair in your mind.
But I see you,
I feel you,
I hear your,
And every single silent scream,
You try to hide.
I see you everyday,
In my own reflection.
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SiriusBlack
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SiriusBlack wrote a review Review · Jul 22, 2012

You forgot the comma or period after it.

"Where flowers grow"

Also after a period I would add a new paragraph. That way it isn't a run along poem. It is a preference but it would have made it a little easier to understand in my opinion. I like the last sentence a lot and it really fit the mood. Nice work! :)

Thank you I will try to re work on it :) thanks for the compliment it really cheers me up !

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ImHero wrote a review Review · Jul 22, 2012

Hey, since I really liked your piece I will be harsher then normal, so take my criticism lightly! It is great in its twist and turns taking the reader here and there, and the tone fits perfectly with the poem, this is my only advise tho; to tweak the nature in this peice because nature is very cliche in the era that we live in. I also, suggest the following two lines to be removed:
"Hoping for someone to pick you up,
And put you back together."

Reason: It sounds better without them, I reread you'r poem taking those to lines out and it sounds great and the whole idea of breaking and putting back together has been played over and over for far too long.

Also these lines I suggest tweaking:

"Under the palm tree,
Where flowers grows
In a diamond shattered beige,
The sky reflects in your eyes."

reason: Cliche and the fact that your 'soul' is stuck there; probably should be a more depressing place.

Anyways, you can edit or not its just constructive criticism

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ImHero commented Comment · Jul 22, 2012

Hey, since I really liked your piece I will be harsher then normal, so take my criticism lightly! It is great in its twist and turns taking the reader here and there, and the tone fits perfectly with the poem, this is my only advise tho; to tweak the nature in this peice because nature is very cliche in the era that we live in. I also, suggest the following two lines to be removed:
"Hoping for someone to pick you up,
And put you back together."

Reason: It sounds better without them, I reread you'r poem taking those to lines out and it sounds great and the whole idea of breaking and putting back together has been played over and over for far too long.

Also these lines I suggest tweaking:

"Under the palm tree,
Where flowers grows
In a diamond shattered beige,
The sky reflects in your eyes."

reason: Cliche and the fact that your 'soul' is stuck there; probably should be a more depressing place.

Anyways, you can edit or not its just constructive criticism :)

Thank you for your criticism I was looking forward to an answer like yours in order for me to improve my writing. I will work on the parts you showed me and reread my poem without the two lines you suggested me to remove. Thanks for your answer it really helps me ! :)

wordsandwishes wrote a review Review · Jul 21, 2012

This poem was epic! Seriously, it was like this crazy background story/ adventure into another world. And then you ended it with this big finally that lets the reader know that the "you" is actually "me", creating this perfect little mind-blowing-moment. I loved it!
However, there were a couple nitpicky things I noticed.
#1. In line four it says "where flowers grows" when it should be "where flowers grow"
#2. In line twenty seven it says "Where being love doesn't matter", do you mean being IN love?
Anyway, those were just some easily fixed nitpicks.
So overall it was an awsome poem.

Keep writing!

w&w

Thank you for your comment, I'm very glad you liked it ! Thanks for the correcting part also, and I meant " Where being loveD doesn't matter" haha I'm gonna change that also. thanks for your support !



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