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It hurts when we're nothing

by sillynotbilly06

Published September 12, 2026

12+

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i anticipate solitude
‎it used to be
‎an old friend of mine
‎we were good mates
‎about two years or back
‎until fate allowed me
‎to meet another soul
‎innocent, sweet
‎and ineffably beautiful

‎it was love, really tender
‎too tender to stay put
‎we both drowned—
‎two entities sucked into
‎the cracks of time
‎a storm against which
‎our unwilling feet danced
‎we held hands and stayed put
‎until holding on
And holding those hands hurt
‎it bled love and it bled sorrow
‎and thus on a faithful Monday
I let go
‎i let this storm take me over

‎fate is bored of continuity
‎thus I wait for solitude
‎and possibly someone else
‎as the transient hours
‎gently erase me over
‎and over
‎until I am no more

Comments & reviews · 2
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4revgreen
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4revgreen wrote a review Review · Sep 14

Hi! This is a really beautiful poem, and i'm here to review it today!

i anticipate solitude
‎it used to be
‎an old friend of mine
‎we were good mates
‎about two years or back
‎until fate allowed me
‎to meet another soul
‎innocent, sweet
‎and ineffably beautiful


This is so beautiful, and the sadness is intertwined between the lines in a way that really draws me in. I can understand the feeling of being friends with solitude, and this puts it into words better than I ever could.

‎it was love, really tender
‎too tender to stay put


Since you're using grammar, I would put another comma after the first tender. It doesn't actually bother me that you've used tender twice here, I think it makes sense.

‎we both drowned—
‎two entities sucked into
‎the cracks of time
‎a storm against which
‎our unwilling feet danced
‎we held hands and stayed put
‎until holding on


I love how the form here mirrors being drown and sucked into a storm, it feels long and breathless like it should be said in one breath because you're holding on and trying to survive. It's really effective.

And holding those hands hurt
‎it bled love and it bled sorrow
‎and thus on a faithful Monday
I let go
‎i let this storm take me over


This is the only place you use capitalisation, which makes it a bit inconsistent for me. I would either use all correct punctuation, which would take away some of the effect, or just the commas and keep it all lowercase for effect. You haven't used any periods/full stops, which makes sense, but since the And is capitalised, it would mean you'd need a period at the end of the line before it, which would feel inconsistent too. So I would just stick to lowercase!

fate is bored of continuity
‎thus I wait for solitude
‎and possibly someone else
‎as the transient hours
‎gently erase me over
‎and over
‎until I am no more


I do like this stanza but it's not quite as strong as the other two. I think the ending of the second stanza is a much stronger ending overall, so I would be tempted to strike this. However, that's only my opinion, so if you really like it, don't do that!

<3 keep writing

Thankyou for reviewing

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yuuki
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yuuki wrote a review Review · Sep 12

Minasan! My name's yuuki, I don't think we've met, but this seems like an interesting read, so i'm going to review it. Let's dive in!

So my first thoughts are I love the visuals it paints. I can see the feeling put into this, the imagery is absolutely stunning. you're truly an amazing poet.

‎it was love, really tender
‎too tender to stay put
‎we both drowned—
‎two entities sucked into
‎the cracks of time


I think here, the use of "tender" repetitively makes the poem not flow as smoothly, but that might just be me. I can't judge the poet without knowing what's going through their mind.

To close, I think this was overall very great. I think you could work on word choice a bit, but otherwise, great work!!

arigato!
yuuki

I'll try to improve my vocabulary ^^ thankyou for reviewing

yuuki replied · Sep 14

:)



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