If I can't Fly, I want to Fall

I want to soar up above my problems, 

I want to fall and feel weightless. 

I want to embrace the budding dawn,

I want to enter the dark abyss.

I want to watch the world as it turns, 

I want to hear the ground come closer. 

I want to see Earth become a speck,

I want to see the sky shrink and disappear.

I want to climb through the sky,

I want to tumble out of control. 

I want to see the world, 

I want to disconnect. 

I want to dance with angles, 

I want to meet demons. 

I want to be seen, 

I want to disappear.

I want to be free.

I want to be free. 

I want to Fly, 

I want to Fall.  

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One2Three
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I loved the first line of the poem. I wished i could grow wings and watch my problems shrink as i flew higher and higher into the sky. But i know that avoiding your problems will only cause them to grow wings of their own and they will eventually catch up to you. The thought of flying is amazing, yet so terrifying. The problem with it is that you are going to fall, and the problem with falling is that you fall and it is only you who knows if you are going to get up or stay down.

Beautiful. Amazing work, hope your writing reaches it's full potential
One2Three

Thanks for the review!

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kaitlyn
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kaitlyn wrote a review · Wed Jun 26, 2024 8:52 pm

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Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening/Night(whichever one it is in your part of the world),

Hi! I'm Kate and I'm here to leave a quick review!!


Anyway let's get right to: Kate's Line by Line Reactions;

This is quite the deep poem. Almost seems like a conversation with yourself, almost like those angel and demon sitting on your shoulder kind of moments where you're looking at the sort of ideal scenario which happens to be your hopes and dreams but at the same time, your world has just been crumbling so badly that your only goal at that point is to somehow get away from the sort of current point in time so the slightly more negative side's willing to get away even if it means falling down which I assume represents sort of just crashing and falling to those slightly more negative factors in life that can get you away from bad feelings for a little bit.

I really like the separation you get using italics. I don't know if its intentional but italics does give those lines this sort of whispered feel as well, like its being said in secret. It really does feel like someone just trying their best to reach some goal in life but finding it hard and maybe just on a downward spiral into places they'd rather not be.

Overall a really beautiful little poem, and that's about what I think it's trying to say. I don't really have any suggestions so I thought I'd give you a look at what I think it is trying to say.

Aaand that's it for this oneee!!!

As always remember to: Take what you think was helpful and forget the rest!

Stay Safe and Have a Nice Day!
Kate


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Thank you for the review!

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EllieMae
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Hello there, my friend! Ellie back again to review this lovely poem of yours. I hope you are having a splendid day! Without wasting any time, let's get right into the review!

This was a very interesting poem! All of the lines start with "I want" and it alternates between italics and not italics. I feel like the italics lines are inside thoughts, or things not shred, because they are a lot darker and personal. I noticed a lot of them are opposites as well:

I want to dance with angles,

I want to meet demons.

I want to be seen,

I want to disappear.


We go from angels to demons, seen to unseen. I really loved the format and contrast of this poem. To me, it really speaks to the things we feel but are too afraid to say or let show. The physical aspect of the poem is also symbolic of this racing mind, one thought after the other and other. The formatting looks like the falling that you describe, but can also be seen as rising depending on which way you are looking.

My favorite part:

I want to be free.

I want to be free.

I want to Fly,

I want to Fall.


In hopeless and not hopeless, we just want freedom. In pain and joy, that's all we want, even though it might look different. Overall, this was beautiful and I loved it a lot <33 Keep writing and keep posting!

Your friend,
Ellie

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Thank you so much for the review!



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