Regret (contest)

by Brittany C   Dec 3, 2008


This aching pain
has been consuming
this weakened soul of mine,
since the day you went away.

I never told you
just how much I loved you.
The regret of that
still eats at me.

I wish that I knew then
What I know so well now.
I can still feel your touch
Your hugs used to keep me going.

We both made mistakes
that we can never change.
Sometimes I wish we could
just go back in time, make things right.

But that is just another empty dream.
Now that you are gone.

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  • 15 years ago

    by Meena Krish

    Sometimes we fail to tell our true feelings &
    that in turn makes us feel miserable..I can
    understand this emotion...take care.

  • 15 years ago

    by Ana

    Wow.it's really good & so much feelings are put into it

  • 15 years ago

    by Ana

    Wow.it's really good & so much feelings are put into it

  • 15 years ago

    by Teria

    "This aching pain
    has been consuming,
    this weakened soul of mine
    since the day you went away."

    Above is an example of the only problem(s) I seen in this poem. Everything is perfect. The wording, emotion, all that. EXCEPT flow and the only reason the flow is wrong is because of too many commas. Read this poem over, out loud and silently. Take a millisecond breath at the commas and a longer one at the periods. You'll see what I mean by how punctuation can make or break a poem. I think almost every poem needs some to a point, but while reading the essay like punctuation can mess a flow up big time.

    I'll point out the mistake in the first one, so you can see what I mean.

    "This aching pain
    has been consuming ( NO COMMA HERE - READ IT WITH AND WITHOUT)
    this weakened soul of mine, ( COMMA HERE, YOU NEED A BREATH - READ IT WITH AND WITHOUT)
    since the day you went away."

  • 15 years ago

    by Loved In Hell

    This one was short but really deep.
    You stated a feeling that a bunch of people can relate too.
    I consider myself one of these people
    Very well written
    5/5