Don't go

by gammagamerale

Published May 19, 2016

16+ Language Violence

In reborn poems

Warning: This work has been rated 16+ for language and violence.

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"don't you go

oh please don't go"

I yell and plead as you let go

"don't you do this

please just stop!"

I yell again but you don't fall

"don't leave us all

please don't go"

I take your hand

you slap mine though

"why be so stubborn

why can't you see?!

people here need you!

Especially me!"

"No one needs me

I have no friends

so go away

this needs to end"

"I AM NOT LEAVING

I SAY I DO

BUT IF MY HEART BEATS

IT'S TO SAVE YOU"

"that makes no sense

you are so young

your mind cannot understand me

I'm an adult"

"YOU ACT LIKE AN IDIOT

SO STUBBORN SO WRONG

LIVE ON YOU ASSHOLE

WE DON'T WANT YOU GONE"

"you said we

it's only you

I have a death wish

I can't get through"

"DEATH WISH MY ASS

I WILL SAVE YOU

NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY

I AM HERE FOR YOU"

and yet I left

saying I don't care

and now he's gone

he's lost again

I feel the pain

I feel the tears

he was a friend

a friend that feared

he feared his life

he would get hurt

love would hurt him

once again

he didn't know

that with his friends

he might have felt better

but then again

stubbornness took over

his body and mind

he wasn't himself

he took the knife

for the one he loved

he'd do anything

for the one he loved

he would even kill

kill himself

kill other's souls

if he was with her

it wasn't wrong

or so he though

and clenched the blade

he starred at it

he wasn't safe

safe from himself

and others that is

he sunk the blade

into his skin

he hissed in pain

and smiled a little

this was his last breath

was it not though?

he woke up

in cold sweat

he lived a dream

he wasn't dead

he had one chance

to fix it all

would he do that?

or let it all go

Comments & reviews · 3
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slytherwin Review
slytherwin wrote a review Review · May 20, 2016

That was phenomenal! I am legitimately in chills. All I can say is work on your phrasing. You could have made the stanzas a little clearer because it got confusing occasionally. Overall, I loved it! It was truthful and painful and I can tell you put emotion into it. Emotion is very important for a writer so it's a good thing you used yours to it's potential. I'd love to see more of your work!

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acm
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acm wrote a review Review · May 19, 2016

Hi gammagamerale, acm here to review your friend's poem! Just to start, I would like to say that it was really powerful. It started with a bang and ended with a sense of finality. It wasn't cut off or anything like some free form poetry is, so this review is going to be more centered on the middle of the piece. I just had a few things I would fix in your friends poem.

1. The organization was a bit confusing. I think it would be a lot better in stanzas. Organizing it with a bit of separation between the dialogue of one person and the other. It's the same way when you're writing prose-- when a new idea starts, a new paragraph starts too. Just reading it through once more and finding where it feels like there should be a break in the poem would help the flow of the poem a lot.

2. There wasn't really any punctuation in the poem except for a few question marks. I struggle with putting commas and periods in my poetry too, but reading the poem aloud really helps. Wherever there is a natural pause in your speech, you can put a comma or a period-- whichever fits best. I found myself stumbling a bit, not sure where each line or idea ended. Having stanzas or punctuation could really help your friend's poem.

3. I feel like the capitals aren't needed here to show emphasis. Exclamation marks work better, and when you capitalize speech and then don't have an exclamation mark at the end of it too, it seems contradictory.

Overall, I really enjoyed reading the poem. It had a good message and conveyed it well. Just look at those three things and your friend's poem will be easier to read and understand. I hope I didn't sound too harsh or anything, because I really love the writing.

I hope your friend keeps writing poetry!
--acm

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babydollblues
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babydollblues wrote a review Review · May 19, 2016

Your friend's poem is written nicely but the format can use a little work. They have a lot of lines and it really needs punctuation to fit them all together, maybe some commas and semicolons here and there, especially on the dialogue.
I'm always a sucker for dialogue in poems but the all caps parts of the dialogue is kind of abrupt and off-putting. You have to convey the tone in a different way because if you use way too many capital letters, it looks unprofessional. I'm not saying it's bad, the poem is rather good, it is just the execution of it that could be improved on.
Another word of advice, not using contractions, such as don't or I'm, can put more emphasis on a sentence.
Like for example the sentence,
"You're no better than a dog."
would look much better as
"You are no better than a dog."
It leaves a bigger impact.

Your friend has a lot of raw talent, they just need to tweak their presentation of it.



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