Comments : Longing for Night

  • 10 years ago

    by Everlasting

    Very good, continue posting.

    It's scary not to be able to close one eyes. This someone you described with your words must be in so much pain. I like the part where you mentioned the heart being in the fist. And how this someone longs to not hear. I can't pin point if this is fantasy or if this could actually happen to someone. But nonetheless, I like this piece.

    She longs for night, at least that way the light of daylight won't hurt her eyes.

    well done.

    • 10 years ago

      by earlgreytea

      You know how a good magician never reveals how they do their tricks? I'm not a good magician. ;) It's primarily a metaphor for seeing more than other people do, understanding how things happen, the motives behind them, questioning everything. It's about seeing everything differently than everyone else, and knowing because of those idiosyncratic parts of you you will never be able to be like other people, or be "normal" in comparison. It's about seeing to much, reading to far into the the things that all humans do, and being devastated by it. Mildly fatalistic, but it represented my teenage angst at the time and then some. In a nut-shell I guess it's about longing for ignorance and knowing you could never allow yourself to grasp it.
      Thank you very much for the positive feedback Everlasting. :)

  • 10 years ago

    by Beautiful Soul

    You my dear have written a good poem. :). I can relate to this more so because night time is my safety. And I think it is for you as well. We don't want to see or hear what we feel inside everyday. The world nowadays is very cold and unwelcoming so it's better to love ourselves. I loved the contrast between the day and night. There is a twist here. You describe the day as the night time and the night as the day. I enjoyed this alot. :) 5/5

    • 10 years ago

      by earlgreytea

      Spot on. Thank you Beautiful Soul. :)

  • 10 years ago

    by Everlasting

    I'm not a good magician.

    ^ so you do consider yourself a magician? I'm not one. Hence, I don't do tricks. Everything is simply put together for everyone to see. Except that not everyone will see everything. That's why I can't pin point if this is fantasy or if this could actually happen to someone. I mean even with eyes wildly open, if we don't want to see, we won't see. If we don't want to hear, we won't hear. I don't think is ignorance what this someone is asking for.

    I rather think this someone wants to get rid of a gift that she sees as a curse. I mean who would consider that a gift? her eyes are sewn open. She is being force to see? she feels she has to see it. Instead of wondering why she is being force to see it? She is not seeing the why she is...

    She cares too much, so she gets affected a lot more.

    so definitely, teenage angst. Can't blame her, too much info for her to take. She longs for night, thinking she will find some peace. But with her eyes sewn open, she won't find it unless she learns to control it.

    On second thought, I think she is asking to not care then she could easily ignore. She longs for night, for the darkness.

    hehe, I can go on. But I don't want to bored you. Ciao

    • 10 years ago

      by earlgreytea

      I don't find it boring, I'm amazed someone put that much thought into my poem. ;P
      I'm not certain if I would consider myself a magician, but I can turn an idea or situation into a metaphor and (abracadabra) create a poem out of that.
      The poem is a little of both, fantasy and reality. However, it really can be taken either way and that's how I intended it to be.
      I appreciate your comment Everlasting, thank you. :)

  • 9 years ago

    by Michael D Nalley

    Amazing !

  • 9 years ago

    by Maple Tree

    Avery has impressed me this week!

    This little gem reads like a song, the rhythm flows with beauty and the rhyme scheme is elegant. This poem could very well pass as a midnight lullaby for an adult. Its tone is somber and breathtaking!

    I am drawn to the night, always have been and when a writer writes in the late of night, it can be so inspiring, uplifting and a way to release sorrow. Such a powerful little poem here!!

  • 9 years ago

    by cassie hughes

    I love the dark feel to this poem, it's like a proper fairy tale.

    It makes me feel as if the central character has been granted a wish but it has turned out not to be the wonderful thing she thought she wanted and longs to escape it but can not and has to live with the consequences.

    Superb writing. :)

  • 9 years ago

    by cassie hughes

    I love the dark feel to this poem, it's like a proper fairy tale.

    It makes me feel as if the central character has been granted a wish but it has turned out not to be the wonderful thing she thought she wanted and longs to escape it but can not and has to live with the consequences.

    Superb writing. :)

  • 9 years ago

    by cassie hughes

    I love the dark feel to this poem, it's like a proper fairy tale.

    It makes me feel as if the central character has been granted a wish but it has turned out not to be the wonderful thing she thought she wanted and longs to escape it but can not and has to live with the consequences.

    Superb writing. :)

  • 9 years ago

    by cassie hughes

    I love the dark feel to this poem, it's like a proper fairy tale.

    It makes me feel as if the central character has been granted a wish but it has turned out not to be the wonderful thing she thought she wanted and longs to escape it but can not and has to live with the consequences.

    Superb writing. :)

  • 9 years ago

    by cassie hughes

    I love the dark feel to this poem, it's like a proper fairy tale.

    It makes me feel as if the central character has been granted a wish but it has turned out not to be the wonderful thing she thought she wanted and longs to escape it but can not and has to live with the consequences.

    Superb writing. :)

  • 9 years ago

    by earlgreytea

    Well thank you Madame. :)