Better?

by WritingtheStars   Nov 24, 2013


People are blind
and naive.
I guess I take advantage
of that in people.

I lie and tell them
that I'm getting better.
With a smile
and a laugh,
everyone believes me.

They only look skin deep
and see what they want,
a smiling happy girl
who has gotten all her
shit together again.
They never see what lies beneath.
They're blind to the torture I am in.
"I'm so much better."

Better?
I wouldn't identify better as
being too numb to cry
and wanting to scream
until I'm hoarse.
Feeling like I'm trapped
inside my mind
merely watching what goes on,
that doesn't seem like better.

In truth,
I'm so much worse
than I have ever been.
I hit rock bottom
a few months ago,
now I'm buried
in the rocks at the bottom.

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  • 10 years ago

    by Midnight Sky

    This is f------ awesome nicely done

  • 11 years ago

    by BlueJay

    To begin this comment I am going to play with structure and grammar along the way so be warned and dont kill me killer. I love ya.

    People are blind (try blind - or blind,)
    are naive.
    I guess I take advantage
    of that in people.
    (I guess I take advantage
    of people that way?)

    I don't know hun, this stanza just needs punctuation or better wording in order to stand out and grip people the way most decent or even well done poems do. Right now it seems like this is worthless even to you and no one would really want to read something even the author finds worthless. (SO Sorry!)

    I lie and tell them
    that I'm getting better.
    With a smile
    and a laugh,
    everyone
    believes me...
    or even empty line after everyone and then believes me. That might give this stanza more of the power it seems to crave.

    They only look skin deep
    and see what they want,
    a smiling(,) happy girl
    who has gotten all her
    shit together again.

    They never see
    what lies beneath.
    They're blind
    to the torture I am in. (I endure? I survive?) again wording here is a little odd...

    "I'm so much better."

    Better?
    I wouldn't identify better as
    being too numb to cry
    and wanting to scream
    until I'm hoarse.

    Feeling like I'm trapped
    inside my (own) mind
    merely watching what goes on,
    that doesn't seem like

    "better."

    Again just trying, you can ignore it if you like.

    In truth,
    I'm so much worse
    than I have ever been.
    I hit rock bottom
    a few months ago,
    now I'm buried
    in the rocks
    at the (very) bottom...

    Okay, so other than style/grammar stuffs which I've just given my suggestion on (you know you can ignore me, but you also know its my ocd factor lol) this is an amazing, heartrending piece. And it's really awful that I know this is how you are feeling and I know that you won't come to me for help, you won't go to anyone. And so many people care about you. But even if you did, you would not tell them the full story either. You are like your mom in that aspect. Anyway, thank God for poetry or you would be bottling all this up and killing yourself. So heres what I have to say, if you need help, you have megan, rhianan, and I. If you have something to say, write. The piece blew me away and even I related to it. (we've always been alike that way, still scares me a bit :P ) cheer up sweetie.

    Lovely write (y'know, without the love)

  • 11 years ago

    by BlueJay

    To begin this comment I am going to play with structure and grammar along the way so be warned and dont kill me killer. I love ya.

    People are blind (try blind - or blind,)
    are naive.
    I guess I take advantage
    of that in people.
    (I guess I take advantage
    of people that way?)

    I don't know hun, this stanza just needs punctuation or better wording in order to stand out and grip people the way most decent or even well done poems do. Right now it seems like this is worthless even to you and no one would really want to read something even the author finds worthless. (SO Sorry!)

    I lie and tell them
    that I'm getting better.
    With a smile
    and a laugh,
    everyone
    believes me...
    or even empty line after everyone and then believes me. That might give this stanza more of the power it seems to crave.

    They only look skin deep
    and see what they want,
    a smiling(,) happy girl
    who has gotten all her
    shit together again.

    They never see
    what lies beneath.
    They're blind
    to the torture I am in. (I endure? I survive?) again wording here is a little odd...

    "I'm so much better."

    Better?
    I wouldn't identify better as
    being too numb to cry
    and wanting to scream
    until I'm hoarse.

    Feeling like I'm trapped
    inside my (own) mind
    merely watching what goes on,
    that doesn't seem like

    "better."

    Again just trying, you can ignore it if you like.

    In truth,
    I'm so much worse
    than I have ever been.
    I hit rock bottom
    a few months ago,
    now I'm buried
    in the rocks
    at the (very) bottom...

    Okay, so other than style/grammar stuffs which I've just given my suggestion on (you know you can ignore me, but you also know its my ocd factor lol) this is an amazing, heartrending piece. And it's really awful that I know this is how you are feeling and I know that you won't come to me for help, you won't go to anyone. And so many people care about you. But even if you did, you would not tell them the full story either. You are like your mom in that aspect. Anyway, thank God for poetry or you would be bottling all this up and killing yourself. So heres what I have to say, if you need help, you have megan, rhianan, and I. If you have something to say, write. The piece blew me away and even I related to it. (we've always been alike that way, still scares me a bit :P ) cheer up sweetie.

    Lovely write (y'know, without the love)