String of Dark Realization

by Vex15

Published February 5, 2016

12+

In Catlover 211

Life sucks

Bullied at school

Rumors goin' around

Relentless teasing 'bout my relationship

Fake friends leave

Others take, hurt, kill

And I let them

Because I'm so hurt, 

I can finally say, 

"I'm used to it."

*

Home sucks

Parents yelling and swearing

Don't get along with my brother

Family split up

Hidden secrets

And judging all the time

And I go through it

Because, after all,

I have been saying for years,

"It's alright. I'm okay."

*

Anxiety consuming my nervous face

Fear creeping into my mind

Class rebel with a wild heart

So sensitive inside

Panic attacks when I've done something wrong

Or when I have to give the class a presentation

Knowing I'll just fail

And be socially awkward

Major depression living in me

Black hole, worthless, and dead

Needing my razor and needing the shower

How I wish I could end it already

*

Pain 

Doesn't

Ever 

Stop

And maybe I need the blood

Take pills when I get a chance

Find a knife no one will remember

Lock myself in the room

Around midnight, one, two am

*

Think of all the possibilities

Doesn't mean I will though

And it doesn't mean I've planned it

But it does mean I've thought 'bout it

It does mean it takes over me

*

And I'm so very sick of everything

I can't wait to escape this ugly

Corrupted

Society

Comments & reviews · 5
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Amabilia
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Amabilia wrote a review Review · Feb 5, 2016

Hi Catlover211! Cakerissa reporting for Reviewing!

Up until the third stanza, I can relate. I like how you spaced out your words like,
........................................................................
Pain
........................................................................
Doesn't
.........................................................................
Ever
.........................................................................
Stop
.........................................................................

One thing I would change is adding commas to the end of the lines. I enjoyed this poem, a lot.

Keep writing!
Cakerissa

Vex15 replied · Feb 11, 2016

Thanks!

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Squirrel
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Squirrel wrote a review Review · Feb 5, 2016

O.k I would give you some constructive criticism but the truth is, I don't have any! At first I was kind of confused because the lines had no real format, But after I finished I realize that it didn't need a format. I like this poem a lot. I can relate to this and I am sure other people can as well. You wrote about things that people have to go through everyday. Most people don't know what you go through and I know from experience that, it isn't easy going through tough times and having people not believe or not care that we are hurting. You did a very good job on this. Keep up the good work and don't stop writing!

Vex15 replied · Feb 11, 2016

Thanks for your comment!

TopHatsUniversal wrote a review Review · Feb 5, 2016

Although the structure seems random, it seems to work with the idea of a string of realizations. As each stanza grows shorter it makes it just as clear as the wording does that an ending is coming. I can understand why you'd use slang in the context but it just doesn't seem to fit, though it is easily overlooked. But the lines like "I'm used to it" hit home, so well done! I used to introduce myself as "the disposable one", seeing how I have an awful sense of humor, so I could relate. Good luck writing more!

Vex15 replied · Feb 11, 2016

Thank you for commenting!

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OrielDoe wrote a review Review · Feb 5, 2016

This truly does feel like "strings of darkness", as if you were holding every one of them and dwelt on their existence. I like how you used emotions or certain wording triggers to make the poem have a more drastic meaning. Although your writing seems a bit erratic, but not to the point to have it be unappealing. It's very relate able and realistic to today's circumstances, which I find can be mentally and emotionally helpful for different individuals. Very good.

Vex15 replied · Feb 11, 2016

Thanks for your words!

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Rurouni
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Rurouni wrote a review Review · Feb 5, 2016

Ruro here for a review!
Alright, very tired, so please excuse any really random typos I do ><

So, let's jump into the review, eh?
Your first stanza doesn't feel well put together, just a random string of thoughts put together, and while, yes, poetry does do that, I feel like you could add more into that. I personally feel that the words "goin'" and "'bout" add absolutely nothing to your poem and it would read better with going and about.
So, I feel like, rather than tell us, "So sensitive inside" make this something more. "So sensitive inside" is your lump of clay, sculpt it into something deeper and more meaningful.
So overall, I feel like this has a ton of potential, you're just not quiet tapping it. Give us more so we can feel the emotion with the narrator. Make us feel like the narrator so we know what it's like.
So I really suggest going in and writing a lot, make it a giant lump of clay, and edit off chunks until you have your sculpture.
:D

A very tired one must be wandering now!

~Ruro~

Vex15 replied · Feb 11, 2016

Okay, thank you for your review!



For according to the trollish philosopher Plateau, "if you wants to understan' an enemy, you gotta walk a mile in his shoes. Den, if he's still your enemy, at least you're a mile away and he's got no shoes."
— A Blink of the Screen by Terry Pratchett