I'm really sad I don't have any more votes available.. because whoa.

Just... whoa.

This poem is something I believe so many can relate to. This is kind of how I feel at work to be honest, which seems really strange I know.

I love your opening lines, how striking they are! It's almost like a "don't save me, either I can save myself, or I can't" type of thing. You're used to be in a place where you don't feel safe (or saved).. but you also are used to it. You like that you're "dead to the world" in the midst of the chaos..perhaps you're unaffected by the craziness surrounding you?

OR it shows your strength. Don't save me. I'll save myself. Independent, capable, strong. You adapt and survive in even the craziest situations no matter what. A fighter.

But then in the next half of the poem you seem so frail and vulnerable, so my last paragraph doesn't make sense. Hiding from the past, maybe even the future.

Legends do carry handkerchiefs. I'm sure Robin Hood did, and he's a legend. :) Bwaha. I know. I know.

I love how this also seems mythological. Mel would love this poem, lol. The end is almost like a don't fall in love me feeling... you could never make it work. You refuse to live in this world, or perhaps this person is the one in another world, full of the nicer side of fairy tales.

I'm totally rambling.. but I just love this poem. This is beautiful.

Haha! I'm glad you see it that way. I generally feel like a stalker.

I really love this poem, expecially this line, dont do it, you are not my saviour. it makes me feel like, even though you are in a dire situation you dont want to be saved. i prefer to go everywhere on my own two feet, with my own strength. being saved is not on the top of my to do list, in fact its not even on the bottom. so i really appreciate that line. thanks for the amazing write!

I don't think I've ever commented your poems, but I do read them, it seems that I cannot find the words most of the time.

I felt that this poem was easy to relate to, because, just, so many of us feel like we aren't worthy of someone's love, especially someone that we feel is completely amazing, it baffles me, how people can love me, when they are just the most amazing person I've ever known, and I am inadequate to them.

So many times, since reading this, have I been drawn back to it, and I guess that shows the greatness of this piece and your talent.

I cannot explain how this made me feel inside, its just one of those poems, that hits you.

Amazing write.
x

Good stuff!

WAH HA HA.

It's still eligible to nominate... :D

If you ever considered
pulling me away from a car crash
or donating your heart to me ...

Don't do it.

^^ AWESOME opening, straight forward, in your face, tell it like it is....thats how I write and thats how I like my poetry

But legends don't carry handkerchiefs,

^ excellent line!

I only have a brief time to read and comment, but this was just amazing. Loved your metaphors and the blunt tone this poem carries. Really caught my attention and made me relate on personal levels.

Well done!

Lovely art you giving out, I love it

This is just absolutely incredible. So well written and nicely put. Love it.

Judging comment:
This poem is so blunt, in your face yet very vulnerable. I love the beginning how it definitely sets the tone -- it reminded me of the movies where someone says not to fall in love with the other, and yet they always do. You know you're in "another world" as the author put it, and you know you're not in the right frame of mind. It's interesting to see the push back, as normally you see poetry about the other side, trying to love someone when they won't let you. The walls put up here are crafted in a really strange, poetic and beautiful way. The Huntress hits her stride by the end of the poem, ending it with an emotional bang. This really has a bit of everything I feel poetry is supposed to be about. Amazing. Also -- love the title. Catchy and to the point.

Judging comment:

"Love the opening here, so brutal, blunt and just right in your face oncee you get to "Don't do it." It makes me think the author never wishes to be saved, no matter the circumstances and if it is needed or not, which is further heigtened and confirmed once I get to the next line.

"full of legends and lunatics."
This made me smile-I know it wasn't meant to but I can't help but sense wry sarcasm here and matching with my dry humor it did slightly amuse me.
Absolutely adore the mention of fairytales and dragons and that whole verse. The imagery is beautifully crafted and it makes me think on movies and books such as lord of the rings or the Inheritance cycle, which are both favourites of mine.
"for I am not from your world. "
Hands down, one of my favourite closings of a poem. Again so stark and in your face. Perhaps, the author is referencing love in the second half of the poem, the fact she believes it would be bad to give in and fall for someone, is what I took from this part especially within the last line.

I found this refreshing. It was something different, unique, carefully thought out and a poem I thoroughly enjoyed."