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A Difficult Poem

By clifton | Posted: 02 July 2011

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I didn’t want to write you down,

To write things that weren’t good enough for you,

But I am now

And just like I couldn’t say anything to you

Anything,

Anything at all to make you think differently,

Whatever I say now won’t say enough

Or feel enough, or be right at all.  

So, my words mean nothing...

And all this time,

All this time I thought they meant something.

Maybe they’ll never change anybody.

Why write at all.

Like throwing glass at a diamond window,

You’re fixated in what we should do

And my words just crumble back to sand.

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Comments 
dipcah
02 July 2011

You see, you do have experience. It really doesn't matter how old you are, you write about what you know (unless it is fantasy) and already you know and have felt a great deal. I could take a four year-old and ask it questions about how he or she feels or thinks...some amazing answers probably. Never doubt yourself or feel you are too young, you are YOU and you will be full of colour, it's just that age CAN enhance certains colours but then, so too, do others fade - those that fade in time are vibrant with you just now. Feel it, believe it and do it.

clifton
02 July 2011

You're right, thank you very much - I can only dream to be as wise as you one day hey!

Elaby Gathen
03 July 2011

This is really good :) I love that line "Throwing glass at a diamond window"! I am very similar to you, and have been writing my whole life. My first "book" was a short story called "Two Dogs Took Toys", which I scribbled on a wide-ruled notepad on a stool when I was six. My advice is to keep writing, and squash any thoughts like Why write at all? that may creep up on you. The world is where it is today because of writing . . . and you are one of the makers of the future of this world. Be encouraged, keep writing and posting!

clifton
03 July 2011

Thank you very much, I'll definitely keep writing - I think I'd struggle as a person without being able to!

Again, thank you for reading my work!

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