A Little Piece of Me

by Lemma   Mar 8, 2008


The words they flow onto the page,
And express the way I feel.
They help me get through the day,
And make this seem less real.

You know how much I hate this,
I know it is my mistake.
I constantly feel so guilty,
It's more than I can take.

These poems are helping me through this,
And by default are helping you too.
They're part of the reason I'm still here,
The other part, is you.

When I write I vent my anger,
And numb my pangs of regret.
I detach myself from reality,
And am almost allowed to forget

That I threw my perfect life away,
For a reason that I still can't find
And that you resent me for what I've done,
Though it's in the back of my mind.

I'm no longer certain of who I am,
Or who I will turn out to be.
All I can hope is that when I find out,
That you will still love me for me.

But as I put pen to paper,
And stanzas and verses are unfurl,
Another little piece of whoever I am,
Makes its way into the world.

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  • 16 years ago

    by David Ensor

    I really like the way you write, you have a special gift to be able to write exactly how you feel and make it beautiful. its a joy to read your work.

  • 16 years ago

    by Darien

    First of all, I would like to say. Thank you for honestly commenting on my poetry, and also being very descriptive in what you liked or did not like. I appreciate that.

    Now, down the poem.
    I'll start with the bad, then highlight the good.

    I found that there were a lot of unncessary words you added to this poem. A perfect example would be.

    "And that you resent me for what I've done,"
    'And that' really doesn't need to start this line.
    For the most part, a lot of lines you started with 'And' was not necessary.

    "And numb my pangs of regret."
    'Pangs' Great word! The context was right, but it did not suite the poem.

    Now the good.
    Great poem. The emotions were clear to see from start to finish. Writing a poem, about writing a poem and the reasons for doing it. Creative. I've tried it as well. This one works a little bit better. The emotions weren't as scattered as mine. Good job on this one!

  • 16 years ago

    by firexdancer

    So sweet! This was so gorgeous! You are such a good writer! You manage to make the rhyming in your poems go so smoothly, and even though you don't use a lot of detail, the simplicity of your poem is really able to touch the reader. I really felt like I could relate to this poem, it was really beautiful.
    5/5
    ~gabriella

  • 16 years ago

    by Kitten

    The last stanza was most deffinatly my favorite but i loved the whole poem over all it has a great message to it

  • 16 years ago

    by Paralyzed

    I like this piece, I thought I would come check out some of your work after you entered my contest, I hope you don't mind. I love the feeling behind this poem, that search and want we all have inside us and the hope that when you find what you are looking for people will still accept you. The only advice I can offer is to bring it together a little more, the flow isn't way off, but adding or taking away a word here and there would help it, try to keep the syllables closer, like your first 2 lines 2nd stanza 14 total, but then your next 2 lines are 17, just off a little here and there, don't take offense, I did enjoy it, just trying to be helpful.