Is it just bitter when there's no sweet?

by waiting for the unknown   Oct 22, 2009


"I am not afraid to keep on living
I am not afraid to walk this world alone
Honey if you stay, I'll be forgiven
Nothing you can say can stop me going home"
-My Chemical Romance, "Famous Last Words"

-Is it just bitter without the sweet?-

If you think I need you,
You're wrong.
If you think I want you,
For a while I do.
If you think you're my world,
Without you babe my world keeps on spinning
When you mess this up,
I won't miss your concstant sinning.
If you want to stay,
I'll forgive you.

But don't blame me,
The next time you fall,
and I don't pick you up.
How will you learn,
anything at all?

I will tell you that I love you.
This is not a lie.
But when you up and leave,
Don't expect a sweet goodbye.
You're not worth enough to worry about.
So when you fail me,
Like we know you will,
Don't cry when I say so long.
You saw it coming.
Like you've constantly told me:
"You're strong."

So stay a little while.
Maybe we can make a memory or two.
But when the day you leave me comes,
I'm not coming after you.

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  • 15 years ago

    by Lady Nik

    If you think I need you,
    You're wrong.

    *I'd change this to 'you thought wrong"*

    If you think I want you,
    For a while I do.

    *I'd change "do" to "did" that seems to sound better to me*

    If you think you're my world,
    Without you babe my world keeps on spinning

    *I didn't like how you worded this. It threw off the flow of the poem. I'd fine some way to say that line just in a shorter line*

    When you mess this up,
    I won't miss your concstant sinning.

    *Should "concstant" be "constant" ?*

    If you want to stay,
    I'll forgive you.

    But don't blame me,
    The next time you fall,
    and I don't pick you up.

    *I'd say "when I'm not there to pick you up*

    How will you learn,
    anything at all?

    *This part seems infinished. I would add "If I keep picking you up, and making you whole again" I'm not sure if you were trying to rhyme, but the way you did it made this stanza a little awkward for me*

    I will tell you that I love you.
    This is not a lie.
    But when you up and leave,
    Don't expect a sweet goodbye.
    You're not worth enough to worry about.
    So when you fail me,
    Like we know you will,
    Don't cry when I say so long.
    You saw it coming.
    Like you've constantly told me:
    "You're strong."

    *This stanza was flawless. You put your emotions here and they weren't confusing or unclear. Nice*

    So stay a little while.
    Maybe we can make a memory or two.
    But when the day you leave me comes,
    I'm not coming after you.

    *I like this ending. I think you did okay with this. The ending seemed alot stronger to me than the beginning did. I'd work on trying to balance it out so both parts are stong. I felt you wrote about something that is common with a lot of people, but you made it special to you and your situation. Not my favorite from you. I think you can do better. Keep working though. Nik*