12-14-2012, 12:42 PM
(12-14-2012, 09:26 AM)xx81510xx Wrote: Its the middle of DecemberI think you have some very good lines here, but they're kind of smothered beneath a lot of unneeded ones. I'm the king of overkill when it comes to poems, so maybe I can sense it in others
The days are growing colder now
The night is wasting on and on
With nothing left to dream about
This bed feels like a coffin
In a vacant empty tomb Are both adjectives needed here? They both mean the same thing.
I close my eyes and hear her voice
Echo through the room
I pull out our old pictures
And Let the storm begin "let"
The first streak stains
My ghostly cheek This couplet, from "the first" to "cheek", is marvellous.
And the pain rises within Is this line needed? The previous couplet already implies it.
A song plays in the background
Her essence fills the air
A knot forms in my battered throat
My eyes a glassy stare
Windows to an empty soul
Filled with only suffering Is this line needed?
From frozen lips depart
The saddest words I'll ever sing I think this and the previous line should switch places, as it tripped me up a bit.
The darkness creeps up all around
Crawling beneath my skin
Her face forms in the shadows
Then fades into the wind This verse is very atmospheric and haunting, but is the first line needed. I think it would be more effective if it was her face crawling beneath the skin.
Fate has left me destined
To forever be alone This probably isn't a valid criticism, but this line keeps making me think of that "forever alone" meme, which makes me want to smile, killing the mood somewhat.
With no one there to save me
From this hell I call my own..
JMHO, of course. Thanks for the read.
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe

