08-22-2022, 02:25 AM
(08-21-2022, 11:15 PM)Bunx Wrote: numb, sitting on a sidewalk wouldn't need this since you say in the next line that you have your knees in your arms.I feel like you could leave out the pronoun "you" for brevity, since the poem isn't addressing anyone in particular and it gives off a sense of depersonalization.
knees in your arms
staring
at nothing
could be anything
the thoughts would be the same.
who are you is
loving?
forgiving?
is worth feeling good?
growth,
knowing pain?
your knees shake,
fingers knit tightly together I think you should decide between knit or clinch. Both is overkill.
clinching.
lethargy remains.
waiting for the feeling This could be shortenned down to "Lethargy waits for tears" which is somewhat bland but gets to the point quicker.
of tears.
stuck sitting and staring
on a sidewalk.
numb
staring at a puddle
caused by rain.
nothing is changing
everything is the same.
My interpretation is that the main character is staring at themselves in a puddle. Seeing nothing. Maybe a passage of time between the beginning and end when they return to the puddle and see nothing has changed from then and now.
I appreciate the sentiment, and hope you are doing well Bunx!
Cheers for the read
Sc.

