here i am, presenting myself to you
trying to make you see what i see
here i stand; i need you to understand
but it never meant anything to you
please just play along, for me
because i know you care
you just can't bring yourself to remember
that this is me, unchanged by time
unchanged by nature, by people
yet here you are, so different
apathetic to me, to friends
oblivious to your own life and what really matters
please try to figure this out
like i have, years ago
though you still think it would be great
to take a knife by the hand
i'd stop you, like always
life is not a joke, quit laughing
we'll both end up dead
if you won't bring yourself to
remember
Author notes
sometimes people don't know how to go back and watch their lives played out as it happened, remembering people they once knew, loved.
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It is not an easy thing to step back and look at your own little world when you are so far backed away watching the rest of the world go by.
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Yes, you are right...
looking back can be a good thing, it can also bring back bitter memories as well, you can't change the past "you", but looking back can help you change the future "you"...a lot of poetry is influenced by memories, there are one or two places in my past I cannot face, traumatic experiences, I just don't go there anymore...stay with the happier ones yes, and may they be a creative source in your future life
a well written poem Kassie, I like the way you have opened it up..."here I am; presenting myself to you..." there's a lot of soul in your poetry, thanks for sharing it
John
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I really like the message in this one, because it's something I think about all the time. It's one of the very true, and kind of regrettable facts of life. Nice job.
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This is so amazing, I am damn near speechless. It is wonderful. The emotion was so obvious, and it had a beautiful flow.
Continue to write!
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This is captivating, in depth and filled with passion. You pen emotion very well.
Love,
Amera♥
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Love this poem and the author note really helps understand it more. You can really feel your anger and confusion and desperatness to get that person to see what they have become. I have had to go through that once but I am sorry to say as hard as I tried there was nothing I could do. You can't force someone to change. They have to want to, which is something I had to learn the hard way. Anyway, amazing job and I hope it all works out.
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