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Insignificant Other

 

I see you walk by.

Time after time,

One day a smile,

One day a frown.

How can we make it somehow?

I want to love you.

Do you love me?

I want to need you,

Do you need me?

Will you be mine is what I said.

Why do I feel like my heart is in a bind?

Make up then break up.

Same old rhyme every time.

I want you to hold me.

Let me shape you.

Love you,

Adore you,

Be with YOU,

Love ME.

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I like this, it conveys a sense of urgency and need then as it progresses seems go more and more into hurt and anger. I picture the last two lines as if the person is yelling them in the other's face. Although this could just be my slightly (<---sarcasm) psychotic tendencies. Mwuahahahahaha! ~clears throat loudly~ I'm okay.

 

Seriously, Great job.

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I like this, from the play on words in the title, to the way you wrote it. The need to love, the need to want - very well said.

Puts responsibility for your emotions with you - without denying their incredible power and desire.

 

Good job.

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Questions of other

and questions of self,

feelings of emptiness

in the opening of hands

that long to be held.

Questions of want

and questions of need

and that uncertain feeling

when another is seen.

Statements of longing

and words of desire

give rise to questions

and with them conspire

to change our perceptions

of the meaning of loss

and the nature of gain

and to awaken within us

feelings that are often

too subtle to name.

 

A nice piece of writing, Passsions Rejected. In particular the short, strongly and directly worded lines work very well. The effect of the capitalized YOU and ME of the final lines is surprisingly effective – often this sort of thing weakens a piece, but that is not the case here. The sequence of statement followed by question is powerful, especially as the statements themselves have an element of uncertainty about them. The “I want to” statements are a very fine touch and contrast well with the “Do you” questions. That short section provides a strong heartbeat to the piece.

 

If you get a chance, a couple of your lines could use a little work, especially those that are longer than the others.

 

Again, nicely done and thanks for a good read. Keep writing.

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