Published December 28, 2013
I’m tired and awake
Bleeding on the page to the sound of trash
Awake at this hour for someone
My head is racing, not my mind
I would be better off dead
I read that previous article and I promised
Empty threats don’t make right situations
Nothing helps
I suppressed myself
Hone in on the negative
Focus on the nihilistic
Because that is all there is
You can’t hold on to nothing
Despite seeing there is something for you
And I can’t continue this way
I’m bleeding to you, not for you
That doesn’t aid me
Still the same rutted existence
Suppression didn’t work, expression didn’t either
Looking at others happy makes me sick
I want to die
No there isn’t punctuation here
Nor is there any hope
It’s not as it came into my head
But as it left
Like everything other good idea, good intention
It just goes
Until I am left alone with knowing, you will leave to
Head still pounding
Blood still coursing through (unfortunately)
I’m hurting you, I can see it
Pretence
I won’t do it anymore
Selfish and unjust
I won’t do it anymore
This ends here
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Hi, Renard. This is Margo for a review. This poem is very powerful; very emotive. You have succeeded in making the reader ache for the narrator. This person is in a relationship where only he/she experiences love for his/her partner. Unrequited love is tragic: this much you have shown.
I really like the way this line sounds:
"Bleeding on the page to the sound of trash" <--I'm just not sure what trash is supposed to be referring to. The music this person is listening to?
"I’m bleeding to you, not for you" <--- it is almost as though this person is 'stuck' in their relationship. Perhaps confused about the way they feel?
Because this narrator has expressed a desire to end his/her life as well as the relationship, the last line "this ends here" has a certain ambiguity to it. I like it.
Very sad, and very well written.
Thank you.
That was very complimentary
I would comment on structure but since this is in other and it kinda looks like poetry but it could be prose and its double spaced I really don't know what going on but I kind of like it but it's kind of confusing. So I guess your 'stanza' structure is okay? The line structure is fine though so that's good.
I don't know if this was a piece written because you couldn't think of anything to write or if there is a point to it. I'm hoping it's not the latter because I could really see a point at all.
Another thing is that using the word 'nihilistic' seemed a bit off. That was the only uncommon vocabulary word used in this entire piece and you could have explained the idea with common words just fine.
I did like how honest this was though. For example:
"Looking at others happy makes me sick"
We've all been there an we all know how that feels. It's stated simply but has a bigger being and I really like that.
Overall I feel like this was just a bit info dump of things you feel and things you think and not much else. It has potential don't get me wrong but you just have to do something with it to make it have a point.
Also it would be good if you just clean up the structure and made it either a poem or a story. I think it would work better as a poem but the call is yours. That way it wouldn't be so awkward to read and flow better.
Hey, Laure here to review!
Suppression of expression, the title drew me in already and I was pleasantly surprised by what you’ve written. This seems like a stream-of-consciousness poem to me, a poem of dark thoughts and your inner feelings written out.
I cannot really criticize since it is so personal, but I will tell you this. Is a very powerful, well-written poem.