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