Cruelty

Such imagery and a very rich and immense poem. I have always loved poems that take you on a journey with many different paths you can walk (or in this case think about). When you first read the title there are so many ways cruelty could be used for and you made it unique. Well done with that. I loved how you set it up with "summer" because that imagery makes you think of a really warm day and the poem leaves you feeling sad in some ways. I thought that was a very nice contrast. Then the lines after this are beautiful with imagery. It seems like to me this character wants to escape and some how be free.

The caffeine/coffee line made me smile and I know it's a great metaphor and to me goes very well with the start of the poem. Something can seem so alluring but here the character decides to stay in their comfort zone a while. Wax was used perfectly and not many people use it in poems. To build up your loneliness with alcohol is great because i believe thats where the contrast comes from at the beginning of the poem. Anyways the imagery and metaphors work very well together. You said a lot in such few words. Well done!