MaryAnne, I've been reading your poems lately and found I can reflect me in there...the feeling of yourself being not worthy of love, that's something I know.

You're awesome and this shows that, you write so smoothly, so beautiful, and its intriguing and captivating, we feel like reflecting when reading your poetry...we get caught up, at least I do, in the words and the scene

Beautiful, a touch of sadness, but still totally beautiful

:) xx

You, my awesome ebt, are on a roll lately! *giggles..I couldn't resist with the ebt!

That opening line...holy crap!

So many emotions, feelings and such depth in so little words! I believe that one line is relate-able for absolutely everyone, as there is times when I'm sure everyone attempts to show they do not care, regardless of their situation.

"For the hours where 'me' has been stolen,"

Ohmigosh, I adore how this line ties into the first...like, it reminds me of someone hiding their true self, pretending they don't care about anything, when it isn't really "Them."

I think I have just fallen in love with the imagery in the next two verses, you always manage to create such striking visuals for the reader and that is what I always love about your work, how you manage to paint such beautiful images and always so elegantly too.

I'm usually against repetition as a lot of the time I find it to alter the flow and/or lessen the overall meaning of the poem, but I loved the repetition of "Love me" in this piece, you manage to use it without it becoming overwhelming or lessening the overall impact.

And the ending line? My favourite of the all poem. Again, so many emotions and packed with such depth and meaning, and I adore how you left it as a question, along with a slightly altered version of the original repetition, to me, the fact you slightly altered it made it so much better and meaningful, creating even more feelings for me as the reader.

Just simply, beautiful!