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Published: 2004-08-31 06:46:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 99; Favourites: 0; Downloads: 6
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you sick fuck.i can feel you pressing down on me
you’ve come again to wage your sadistic war
against my Happiness
it seems like,
each summer I can escape for a time.
but when the leaves turn you’re
back for more
self doubt
and anger
that hatred that seeps in and taints everything
that I Hold Dear.
feed off the life you suck out of me
i just can’t get away…
i want you out, god damn it
i want you out of my head.
every manifestation of fear and loathing
cut away
i cannot afford to tread carefully or drown
in this swamp of malcontent
i must do what I do
and say what I say
with confidence and love.
i want to be compassionate and happy,
but you’ll never let me be, will you
strip me of my warmth again,
Winter.
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Comments: 2
I like this poem because you've managed to avoid a lot of cliches and standard hyperboles that are so difficult to get around when writing seasonal/emotional poetry.
I like the fact that you've mentioned only the seasonal phenomena (leaves turning/ stripping warmth) which are directly relevent to the poem, keeping it thin, unpretentious, and easy to read. (I absolutely can't stand seasonal poems I find which go into three paragraph descriptions of how bronzed the leaves were)
so yeah, Thumbs up!
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yay! maybe i could make it as a writer after all... your compliments are getting to my head.
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