Wow
There is nothing I can add that hasn't been said, brilliant and intense . Super write

17 27 33 49, since a child I obsess on these four numbers. Thanks for your work, I truly enjoyed this.

This is magnificent in quite a few ways. It inspired me to write my latest poem. So thank you!

I'm happy this won.

congratulations

Wow, a very powerful and informing poem. Others have said it better but this is both strong in its exposure of vulnerability, and touching in its one voice, alone, one human being implication.
Compulsion is a genetic revelation which has enabled a great many leaps forward in humanity. Mastered it is a powerful weapon.
Keep up this sort of work and i will retire my pen.
Excellent

This poem is really sad. I understand all too well the presures of rituals and the attempt to calm oneself.

You really know how to speak to the reader and pull them right in and make them feel what you feel.

You are very talented and your poetry never fails to amaze me

5/5

Great Poem . Vivid and have a great flow.. Keep up the good work. 5/5

Awww this is such a good poem
Really powerful

I loved it sweetie
100/100

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

:O:O:O:O

i Am soooo sorry I haven't read this before but I swear I was not in the site, maybe kicked out or penalized I remember when I came back I saw it on the front page but was too lazy to read it and now, I was stalking your profile, reading your old stuff and fount this... WHAT a surprise! what a creativity!!!
your expressions got through me! went to the core, dug my heart! sent me shivers all the way to my spine! you can't imagine. I was amazed, hypnotized by the images, the sadness it speaks of...everything just shouts out loud with honesty, with suffering, with melancholy....that was just perfect!

When I First started reading, I could relate the title to the content and I didn't know who you were refering to with the 'she' but then in the end....I swear I was like this :O
God, Liz you wont ever know how this inspired me! how it touched me and moved me.....you just reallly made me appreciate every single line and the flow....ohhh a killer!

PERFECT perfect write, an awesome piece and congratulations on your win.....thousands of congrats!

Powerful poem, you definitely know how to express your emotions and let the reader know how you are feeling.

'I woke up with yesterday's thoughts -
still lingering
in my head'

^^ repitition.. Memories.. Unable to decide between options.. Perhaps a difficult choice that needs a great deal of evaluation. Or, going back to the idea of repitition, something upsetting that you are unable to forget - I know when I am upset/angry about something my thoughts tend to swirl around the same ideas.. Repeating themselves until I am able to focus on something like music to calm myself.
An excellent start! Instantly intrigues the reader to continue.

'Like the aura of
Magnolia Blossoms'

^^ I take this is very personal, that only you, the writer, know the true meaning of this part. It sounds as though you are talking about an image, but also a feeling and then again it could perhaps be a scent or memory..?

'Only less sweet'

^^ this particular occurrence is not as strong or nice (for lack of a better word at present..) as previous occurrences.
Not as 'pleasant!' Thats a more fitting word!

'Haunted by The Number Six -
she wreaks havoc
amongst my vigorous
imagination'

^^ 'the number six' sounds as though it has a double meaning..? Perhaps again you, or a select few, are the only one to know what this truly means.. Obviously negative and by the sounds it is messing with your mind, your view of reality or the likes..?

'Yet...

I cannot let her go'

^^ "she" is inescapable.. Perhaps dependent whether your dependent on her or she on you I am uncertain. But she has to stay.. She cant go away.

'Following her like a stalker;
hiding behind the justification'

^^you dont trust her or her alibi..? Perhaps you feel cheated by her or have been in the past which has led you to be suspicious..?

'that I am not crazy'

^^she has you questioning your sanity. Relating back to my comment of dependency.. Could you be the dependent one perhaps?

'Consequences of -
devastating magnitude
if I neglect to abide by
her rules'

^^ she brings trouble if you dont listen/act... Again relating back to my comment of 'inescapable'.. You lack freedom with the fear/threat of bad things happening...

'My mind;
taken hostage
by my own obsessions and
compulsions'

^^ once again questioning your sanity. Obessions and compulsions ... Desires? OCD?

'I am both the executioner
and the victim

of myself'

^^ you are the one causing the harm, making the threats which results in you being trapped.. Is this all in your mind? Again the sanity is at question. My last comment about OCD this could definitely fit...

*** A poem about my struggle with OCD. My repetition number is six ***

^^ ah, the explanation... Definitely much clearer.

Overall, this is amazing. At first you could be writing about multiple situations but it certainly does relate to OCD .. Which is mentioned at the end.
I'm definitely glad I read the poem as I commented, because I think I would have missed some elements if I hadnt. Not that that is a negative on your writing.. No! Just the fact I would have analysed it differently.. Trying to find the relation to OCD. I'm glad I picked that up on my own is all I'm saying.

This is written very well - leaving the direct relation to OCD until later in the poem has worked out a real advantage.

5/5

'I woke up with yesterday's thoughts -
still lingering
in my head'

^^ repitition.. Memories.. Unable to decide between options.. Perhaps a difficult choice that needs a great deal of evaluation. Or, going back to the idea of repitition, something upsetting that you are unable to forget - I know when I am upset/angry about something my thoughts tend to swirl around the same ideas.. Repeating themselves until I am able to focus on something like music to calm myself.
An excellent start! Instantly intrigues the reader to continue.

'Like the aura of
Magnolia Blossoms'

^^ I take this is very personal, that only you, the writer, know the true meaning of this part. It sounds as though you are talking about an image, but also a feeling and then again it could perhaps be a scent or memory..?

'Only less sweet'

^^ this particular occurrence is not as strong or nice (for lack of a better word at present..) as previous occurrences.
Not as 'pleasant!' Thats a more fitting word!

'Haunted by The Number Six -
she wreaks havoc
amongst my vigorous
imagination'

^^ 'the number six' sounds as though it has a double meaning..? Perhaps again you, or a select few, are the only one to know what this truly means.. Obviously negative and by the sounds it is messing with your mind, your view of reality or the likes..?

'Yet...

I cannot let her go'

^^ "she" is inescapable.. Perhaps dependent whether your dependent on her or she on you I am uncertain. But she has to stay.. She cant go away.

'Following her like a stalker;
hiding behind the justification'

^^you dont trust her or her alibi..? Perhaps you feel cheated by her or have been in the past which has led you to be suspicious..?

'that I am not crazy'

^^she has you questioning your sanity. Relating back to my comment of dependency.. Could you be the dependent one perhaps?

'Consequences of -
devastating magnitude
if I neglect to abide by
her rules'

^^ she brings trouble if you dont listen/act... Again relating back to my comment of 'inescapable'.. You lack freedom with the fear/threat of bad things happening...

'My mind;
taken hostage
by my own obsessions and
compulsions'

^^ once again questioning your sanity. Obessions and compulsions ... Desires? OCD?

'I am both the executioner
and the victim

of myself'

^^ you are the one causing the harm, making the threats which results in you being trapped.. Is this all in your mind? Again the sanity is at question. My last comment about OCD this could definitely fit...

*** A poem about my struggle with OCD. My repetition number is six ***

^^ ah, the explanation... Definitely much clearer.

Overall, this is amazing. At first you could be writing about multiple situations but it certainly does relate to OCD .. Which is mentioned at the end.
I'm definitely glad I read the poem as I commented, because I think I would have missed some elements if I hadnt. Not that that is a negative on your writing.. No! Just the fact I would have analysed it differently.. Trying to find the relation to OCD. I'm glad I picked that up on my own is all I'm saying.

This is written very well - leaving the direct relation to OCD until later in the poem has worked out a real advantage.

5/5