Comments : My Secret Alter

  • 17 years ago

    by Stephy

    Really good...
    I can't figure out what to say more than excellent
    take care-xxxx-

  • 17 years ago

    by Jenie

    Wow sis!! amazing work!!! this is sooo amazing!! ur writting has improved!!(didnt think that was possible u could ever get any better:)
    i am so sry u r one of the many who feel this is the only way out. babe u BEAUTFUL!! please see what i c!! u dont need mia!! u r better than her! nevr forget it!!!!

    10/5
    :)

  • 17 years ago

    by katie!

    Sabrina, Long time no talk, How are you keeping? From this poem not so great, Sorry to hear that.

    Your poem was good, and it was a hard theme to tackle, I felt for the speaker, which, I assume, was you? And I could empathise with the situation. Poetically, I had a couple of issues with the flow, So I hope you don't mind me going through them.

    "I kneel beside my alter
    And say a little prayer
    Feels just like the first time
    I ever got down and knelt there
    ^This stanza really sets the form and rhythm you want to use. The last line, however, disrupted the rhythm, I think it was too long which jolted me out of the reading a bit. My suggestion would be "I ever knelt down there" It keeps the meaning and fits in.

    I pray while tears rolls down
    I feel so sick again today
    I hate having these feelings
    I hate that I'm waisting away
    ^ Tiny typo "wasting" one too many "i's"

    Oh please God forgive my sins
    And for what I'm about to do
    I know what I do is wrong
    And I really want to do right for you
    ^A couple of flow issues again. The "And" in the second line you could remove, and the last line needs to be shortened otherwise it really stands out.

    I finish my prayer with amen
    I feel so damn guilty within
    Kneeling beside my bathroom alter
    Preparing to do my daily sin
    ^The last line is slightly off, it needs to lose a syllable, "Preparing to commit my sin" would work, but its down to you.

    Two fingers down my throat
    I feel how my stomach burn now
    I really want to stop what I'm doing
    But God I just don't know how
    ^Line 2 missed needs to be "burns"
    Line 3 needs to lose a sylable "I want to stop what I am doing"? and the last line would be better without the "just"

    I don't remember how it started
    But I got addicted to my ED
    It has taken over my life
    And a demon has taken over me
    ^The second line needs to lose a couple of syllables, I'm not sure how you could do it. Perhaps "But I'm a slave to my ED"? The last line would do better as "A demon's taken over me" with a comma at the end of the line above.

    Later I will kneel here again
    Though I promised myself not to
    But I have lost all control now
    So this is all I ever do
    ^I think if you added a "my" to make "all my control" it would fit better.

    A good poem, well done, I hope my suggestions are helpful. Take care and keep writing.
    XXXXXXXXXXXX

  • 17 years ago

    by ~â‚£ading |nspiration~

    Don't give up girl, ur one sweet lady, mark my words 4 that...will be writing 2 u soon, n I'm hoping that ur alright, I'll always be here, remember that...

  • 17 years ago

    by Hayley

    Wow this is amazing hun, i miss your poems your on my faves list still! if you ever need to talk i'm always here to listen, i know what your going through..
    xoxo hayley

  • 17 years ago

    by Jenie

    Sis! u can do it!! u dont need ras for ur support clintch! u can make it on ur own and u will find someone who will treat u the same...just better!! itll be better bc ull love him and c him in the future! trust me!! have faith sis!!
    ps...
    someone keeps giving me all 1/5 on my poems
    :(
    why r people so hurtful??
    they rated "decide" a 1/5

  • 17 years ago

    by Brittney Follett

    Yikes. You really got the topic down. The only problems I found were:

    I pray while tears rolls down
    *** roll*
    And I really want to do right for you
    *** too long try it without and.

    Other than that, your rhyming, beat, vocab, and flow where amazing. You did a great job!

    5/5

  • 17 years ago

    by waking up inside

    :0 omg this poem is amazing. I wish mine were half as good

  • 16 years ago

    by LifeThroughMyEyes

    ...wow...deep....amazing.
    i love it