despite all I've done
I can't get over you
I'm so weak and powerless
there's nothing left to do1
I push the limits of myself
becoming hopeless in many ways
a sliver beneath my nails
a strand of hair pulled away2
nothing seems to help
no matter what I try
the visions of you return
and continue to make me cry3
I try to inflict more pain
bordering on self mutilation
but it becomes too destructive
and doesn't heal my devastation4
I thought I wanted to leave
when I found you with her
though now I'm caught between
reality's an absurd blur5
your promises were tainted
my heart just kept breaking
and now my skin is scarred
with no peace to be found within
Author notes
I write these kind of poems often, but this one stood out for me.
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The peom is really good, its kinda sad and a little painful. One thing i must point out is that you used no grammer, capitalization, commas, periods, anything. Otherwise the peom was awsome, sad but awsome.
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thank you for the kind words. =)
it was done purposely, actually.
the lines themselves are part of the grammar.
for example, the beginning:
Despite what I've done, I can't get over you.
but since it's a poem, dropping the comma and making the second part of the sentence a different line..automatically implies there's one(comma).
And a lot of poems I've read, (on allpoetry), don't contain much grammar. it takes away from the smoothness and raw emotion of the poem. ^-^
So you see, it's not like a story at all.
Even simply throwing certain words together could become a poem.
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Great reference to APC's song. Weak and powerless is perhaps the only feeling we can ever feel whenever we see the ones we love enjoying themselves with someone else.
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