This Poem was Submitted By: Kimberly D Rowe-Van Allen On Date: 2012-01-12 15:55:20 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Wishing

Wish I didn't look forward to talking with you Makes it harder when you say nothing I want to hear Wish the answers didn't make me feel so blue Makes it harder to say you don't mean anything to me Wish I thought real happiness even knew my name Makes it harder for me to be hopeful for the future Wish I didn't feel an overwhelming sense of shame Makes it harder to think that I deserve a happy ending Wish I could forget all about those empty wasted tears Makes it harder to confront the sting of constant anger Wish I didn't feel like all I do is live in lonely fear Makes it harder to find the peace and solace I am needing Wish I just didn't crave your velvet touch or kiss Makes it harder to clearly figure out the right path I should take Wish it wasn't so hard to deny all that I really miss Makes it harder to trust and my instinct will prove false Wish I had the self control to design my own reality but I know now that my wish isn't going to come true Finding ways to be sane in my universal insanity Wanting all, having nothing  But the space beyond my view I'm wishing for all, and also wishing just for you.

Copyright © January 2012 Kimberly D Rowe-Van Allen


This Poem was Critiqued By: Mark Andrew Hislop On Date: 2012-02-06 00:13:33
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 1.00000
Dear Kimberley The heartache is all too evident in this one. Who hasn't felt this? I particularly liked your variations in the last three stanzas. The contrast was nicely set up by the pattern you established through the first eight stanzas...which were a kind of left/right/left/right trudging through emotions that represent the last things on earth you would really want to be feeling. Best wishes, Mark.


This Poem was Critiqued By: DeniMari Z. On Date: 2012-01-30 09:50:47
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
Love your choice of font in this poem it adds to the emotions written clearly about how relationships and the complexities of each individual one keeps us guessing and changing all the time in life. Very deep thoughts that I can relate to in this. You've written each line and countered the thoughts very well. We all wish for so many different things in life at so many different levels and this poem is sound and speaks to the reader. Very nicely done - I enjoyed reading this and sinking myself in and absorbing every word written. blessings, Deni
This Poem was Critiqued By: cheyenne smyth On Date: 2012-01-17 17:39:13
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
Hi Kim, I can feel the pain crafted into each line of this poem. I have come to the conclusion that a break up is worse than a death. Most never wish to die but in a break up the one that left is still out there. I am assuming this poem isn't about a death and if it is I apologize. The longing in your words is obvious to me and I hope it won't last too long. The only thing I would change about this piece is to present it in quatrains instead of couplets...just a personal preference. Well done Best wishes, cheyenne
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