What I Feel When I Don't Want To Feel

by Robert M. Drake

each person will feel things their own way. each person will hurt the only way they know how. will love… the only way they've been taught to love. not everyone will see things the way you do. feel things the way you do. and you can't force your beliefs on people either because that's not love. that's not having compassion for other people. we all have our own right to see the world with our own eyes, therefore, understanding is key. and I don't mean saying it, saying you understand someone without putting yourself in their shoes. without respecting their views. you have to really know yourself and your environment to understand why people are the way they are. you have to go through enough pain to keep your heart open. to be compassionate towards other people. understanding is key and not everyone will understand you and that's okay. but the point is, to remember how all of us are different and try to understand that not all of us are meant to be the same. and you should never believe you understand it all because believe me, there will always be something to learn. there will always be something that will take your breath away. something that will make you question everything—your own beliefs and your own way of thinking. people, things and places, like life, are always evolving and you must evolve with them… if you ever want a fair shot in accepting your flaws and the flaws of other people. and before I finish, I just want you to know... that the beauty of it all is this, the more you understand people the better you will understand yourself. from the known and to the depths of your soul... people will always shape you. all that you are is all you've experienced with them. and dont ever forget... that the people you love will always have a piece of your heart. they will always be with you… no matter what.

Genres: Poetry

146 pages, Paperback

Published May 18, 2019

About the author

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Reviews

[Sine Nomine · Rating 1 out of 5]

Whenever I see such books in the poetry section in libraries/bookshops, I cringe. If I hadn't had free access to this book, I would have never read it then.

Here is a sample from the book to show you how miserable the condition of poetry (or what is called poetry in our time now) is nowadays:

"Twitter

A Girl on Twitter
makes a post
and tags me in it.

It said,

"Poetry is my religion
and @rmdrk is god"

Please, my love.
Please My sweet human.

Please, for my own sanity
and yours.

Do not call me a god.

Do not,
I beg of you.

It is blasphemy.

I have yet
to understand
what life is.

I am nothing".



Inane 13-year-old teenagers nowadays can even do better than this. What a waste of paper!

[Ara · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.75

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5 - This one hit deep. So many relatable poems, not just for romantic relationships, but all kinds.

[Bernie McCabe · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Love is two people
existing

in the past
and in the future

and making sense

of it all
in the present"

[Jesse · Rating 3 out of 5]

There was a lot I liked in this book but a lot of it also had to do with breakups which I don’t have any experience with. If I ever do experience that, maybe I’ll revisit these poems and see if my rating goes up. That being said, I loved the ones that weren’t explicitly about relationships and just about life and healing.

[melissa ☔️ · Rating 3 out of 5]

3/5 ⭐️

I liked it. A good poetry book and some relatable poems :)

[Dulce Carrillo · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was just ok not my favorite of his collection I felt the poems were very much short advice or sentences that wanted to hit deep but didn’t

[Umreen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Robert M. Drake books that are all poems in this collection are amazing and relatable to anyone regardless what book you read in the VOL.1 collection. I bought all of them and got through them all so quickly as they were full of humour, laugher,tears and all sort of relatable emotions.

•What I feel when I don’t want to feel
•What I really mean when I say good- bye.
•What I see when my eyes are shut.
•What I say when I’m not saying a damn thing.
•What I mean when I say I miss you, love you and fuck you.
•What I say to myself when I need to calm the fuck down.

I have read all of them. I would say to definitely at least read one of the books from the collection as the small poems can be easily related to anyone and give good reflection and thought despite the ups and down in life.

[Adrianne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I haven’t quite figured out how the titles of the books play into the content within, but nevertheless, this was another good book of poetry. There’s always something relatable from R.M. Drake.