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2 am thoughts
I met you at dusk. We loved till midnight.
Then, you left me. 2am found me at my lowest.
When the sun came up, I dried my tears, found my strength, and went on with my day.
The poetry of 2am Thoughts condenses an entire relationship with its untamed emotions and experiences to a single day. As the long hours of the night drag on, so does the love, heartache, and loss. When the dawn breaks, the morning sun brings acceptance, healing, and recovery.
Then, you left me. 2am found me at my lowest.
When the sun came up, I dried my tears, found my strength, and went on with my day.
The poetry of 2am Thoughts condenses an entire relationship with its untamed emotions and experiences to a single day. As the long hours of the night drag on, so does the love, heartache, and loss. When the dawn breaks, the morning sun brings acceptance, healing, and recovery.
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January 16, 2025
4.25 stars
recently i’ve been feeling like something is missing when i read poetry. i found myself putting off reading it bc i felt like i couldn’t connect as much as i used to. but i realized that i have to have a specific mindset when reading it. and i rlly enjoyed this book bc i related to it on a much deeper level. a lot of poetry books center around love which i can’t rlly relate to. but the way they write is always so beautiful that i can’t help but be pulled in. also the story they tell is always so heartbreaking in their own way yet tell the same story.
i’ve yet to find a poetry book that makes me cry. i’ve always come close but i’ve never fully shed tears. i feel like this book was different bc i rlly enjoyed the perspective on life it brought. poetry is always so uplifting when it comes to life and i rlly like that ab it. i love the idea that even with the ugly love someone has suffered, it doesn’t define them and happiness will eventually find them again. i think these poems rlly emphasize that life moves on and staying in the same place will just put you behind. even with the necessary hurt, you have to be sure not to get too lost and we are still set to these expectations of continuing to move.
i think the thing about poetry books is the fact that the author usually shares their experiences through these poems. and often times they can be relatable but some aren’t as much. that’s pretty much how i felt while reading this at times. i read poetry for a number of reasons, one being how i can connect it to my life. i went through a point where i felt so lost in life bc i couldn’t connect to anything. i pushed through reading this bookmostly for my reading goal but i still enjoyed it. poetry is completely subjective and i think that’s the beauty of it. at the same time i also think it shows how different we all think and act as people.
favorite poems
pre-review
pls ignore how long it took me to read this for a changemood reader problems but i rlly enjoyed it. it kinda stuck with me in a way that i didn’t expect <3 rtc
I have a black hole in my heart waiting to be filled. I crave the taste of someone else’s lips on mine and their heart intertwined within my soul.
- 3:53 pm
I am broken because every time I hear that song or watch that movie or read that book I think of you and a piece of me falls away.
- 9:18 pm
recently i’ve been feeling like something is missing when i read poetry. i found myself putting off reading it bc i felt like i couldn’t connect as much as i used to. but i realized that i have to have a specific mindset when reading it. and i rlly enjoyed this book bc i related to it on a much deeper level. a lot of poetry books center around love which i can’t rlly relate to. but the way they write is always so beautiful that i can’t help but be pulled in. also the story they tell is always so heartbreaking in their own way yet tell the same story.
Do not let the dust collect in your soul.
Live a life so fulfilling that it will never have enough time to do so.
- 4:55 pm
Don’t put your life in automatic and simply coast through it. Throw your life in manual and demand to feel every single beating moment. Feel the passion, pain, happiness, heartache. Experience the world. Love deeply and wholeheartedly. Fall into life as you would fearlessly fall into a trampoline as a child.
I promise you will always bounce back.
- 10:37 am
Life is to be lived.
To experience adventure.
To travel the world.
To learn exciting things.
And it is too short
to not do these.
- 3:35 pm
i’ve yet to find a poetry book that makes me cry. i’ve always come close but i’ve never fully shed tears. i feel like this book was different bc i rlly enjoyed the perspective on life it brought. poetry is always so uplifting when it comes to life and i rlly like that ab it. i love the idea that even with the ugly love someone has suffered, it doesn’t define them and happiness will eventually find them again. i think these poems rlly emphasize that life moves on and staying in the same place will just put you behind. even with the necessary hurt, you have to be sure not to get too lost and we are still set to these expectations of continuing to move.
i think the thing about poetry books is the fact that the author usually shares their experiences through these poems. and often times they can be relatable but some aren’t as much. that’s pretty much how i felt while reading this at times. i read poetry for a number of reasons, one being how i can connect it to my life. i went through a point where i felt so lost in life bc i couldn’t connect to anything. i pushed through reading this book
favorite poems
There were things I wanted to put on paper
but those words hurt too much to write.
- 9:56 am
I’m so obsessed with falling in love that every time I meet a man, I lose myself in him.
- 7:28 am
Sometimes emotions brew so strongly in my heart that words will never do it justice. So I sit here and stare at a blank page while storms commence inside me.
- 12:14 am
I am the fall leaves underneath your feet.
You hear the crunch and crackle of my heart beneath you yet don’t bother to stop and ease my pain.
You simply walk away.
- 9:36 pm
My breath smells rotten because it’s still your name spoiling in my mouth.
- 8:56 am
I produce inward tears where my cheeks do not contain watered streaks but rather my heart is stained with the salty sadness. As my eyes remain dry, my heart grows heavy. And I have reason to believe that one day it will grow so heavy that my rib cage will no longer be able to hold its weight. It will plummet into a dark, empty void and the drumbeat of my existence will cease its song.
- 2:37 am
They will try to label you one thing.
As if people can be categorized so easily.
They fail to see their systems flaw.
You are not one thing.
You are many things.
So full of personality and potential.
Bravery and intelligence.
Capability and love.
Take the labels they have so generously given you and shove them down the garbage chute.
Show them.
Show them they were wrong.
- 2:01 am
There will always be a line between you and I. When we drifted apart years ago we never cut that line for we never said goodbye. We called it a “break.” A “pause,” to be resumed later on.
It’s just that the break, the pause, was eternal and therefore so is the rope binding us together from afar.
You and I? We will always be connected. It may show in a song or a place or in your lonely nights. My name will always be at the back of your mind and yours will always have a place in my heart. So long as that line remains between us.
- 6:15 am
The way you spoke my name
was enough to drive me insane.
The formation on your lips
like a lettered kiss.
The euphonic melody
was my drug, my remedy.
The song I play on repeat.
The one calming my tempestuous sea.
The only sound that sets me free.
- 3:09 am
If you aren’t waking up every morning with the search of adventure in your eyes or hints of excitement in your soul,
are you really living?
- 2:34 am
Days, months, years could pass before you call me on my cell phone.
And I would still be sitting here waiting for your ringtone.
- 1:32 am
It takes hours to get to know someone, really get to know them, weeks to build a relationship and months to fall in love.
But all that work could end up being for nothing because in one second your entire world could fall apart.
And for him, that’s all it took to break my heart.
- 12:31 am
You’ve got me writing again. Not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad one. You’ve reopened my heart and my feelings spill onto the page. They talk of adventures and crazy wonders and love. But as each memory passes the ending is near. I look down and find my paper dyed black from the hurt I’ve accidently poured.
- 1:09 am
Today I inked my skin with your name.
Not because I like the look and not because I love you. I got a tattoo because I enjoy the feeling of knowing it will never leave me even if you decide to.
- 9:56 pm
It’s not over.
Not for you. Not for me.
We still relive each moment as we lay our heads down to sleep..
But our faces remain as blank and empty as our hearts. Or at least how we wish our hearts to be.
Right now, our love is blistering all over that organ.
We just excel in pretending.
- 10:16 pm
My first love.
He was sweet and gentle.
He spoke soft words and made me giggle.
When I would fall, he would be right by my side to scrape the dust off my knees and lift me back to my feet.
When I would cry, he would hold me in his arms and dry my eyes.
This man, my god he is incredible.
He is my hero, my savior.
He is my father.
- 2:52 pm
It’s been five months.
I haven’t slept since.
But last night the rain returned and pounded on my window and somehow my eyes managed to close. I did dream of you yes, but I slept.
I actually slept.
For the longest time I was puzzled as to why I only found peace when it rained, but as I write this I’m beginning to realize.
The raindrops that tap against my window rhythmically mimic the drumbeat of your heart. The one I used to fall asleep next to.
- 2:37 am
Pen and paper have healed me much better than any doctor ever could.
- 3:28 am
All I’ve ever wanted is to feel wanted by him.
- 11:11 pm
I build my own walls yet I am
not strong enough to tear them down.
- 10:14 pm
Fall in love with life itself. It has so much to offer. It may put you through hell and back but you are here, standing on this earth, breathing in this air, and there is no greater gift.
- 5:56 pm
How terribly tragic is it that someone’s heart can be so shattered that they no longer even find the beauty in existing. That they rather just endure the split second pain of a bullet wound to release a lifetime of aching in their soul.
- 3:43 pm
To read poetry is such a gift.
To experience the works of
my brothers and sisters,
to soak in the lovely words,
awful words,
tragic words,
is like planting seeds inside me.
To write poetry is such a passion.
To bleed emotions onto a blank
page for others to embrace.
To create this delicate art,
fragile art,
beautiful art,
is like watering that garden
instilled in me ever since I could read,
and finally watching it grow.
- 11:18 am
How did I make you feel?
I look back and think of all the things I could have done, should have said, but never did.
So I see this boring and insecure version of myself when I was with you. And I see that person in the future too.
Because I can’t imagine anyone loving me, being infatuated by my existence, if I couldn’t even be that person for you.
- 1:22 am
We fool ourselves into thinking timing is everything when in reality it is meaningless numbers.
If you want something, go out and get it.
If you want someone, tell them how you feel.
There is no perfect timing. That will never come. You must bend time in itself for you.
- 1:21 am
When you cross that line of your comfort zone your breath may become heavy with exhilaration. Your fingers may anxiously tremble. Your heart may skip beats.
But you will feel alive.
You should feel like that every day of your life.
- 10:08 pm
I’m into very messy love. Beautiful, crazy, messy love spurring from our hearts.
- 2:29 am
Let the music fill the empty patches of your soul.
And heal you.
- 8:49 am
My heart craves to feel a love that I have not encountered before. The kind that skips beats and summons butterflies.
- 9:28 pm
We create storms.
Brutal, deadly, beautiful storms.
So loud and bright that they wake the neighbors.
But they do not help to calm us nor do they hide in safety.
They just stare, mesmerized by our show.
They cannot tell if it started with our vexation or infatuation.
They cannot tell if we are falling in love or out of it.
- 1:19 am
He is all I’ve ever wanted.
He is not at all what I’ve wanted.
The idea of him was appealing.
Addicting.
But he himself, I didn’t care for.
Which I guess can make me heartless.
And maybe I am.
Because I don’t feel anything anymore.
That’s why I wanted him in the first place.
To make me feel something again.
- 1:43 am
Emotions are such a complex concept to understand.
- 1:02 am
Get lost in your infatuation with the world. It is so vast and so beautiful and has so much to offer.
- 4:17 pm
Those words both mended and broke my heart.
“I love you,” he said.
Yet I still can’t figure out how he can love me and leave me at the same time.
- 2:57 am
I indulge myself in books because diving into another fantasy is so much more calming than living in reality.
- 8:00 am
A promise is the currency of love.
You can’t afford to break it.
- 7:11 am
In a world so doused in guilt
and hate
and sins,
innocence is so attractive.
- 1:21 am
You paint me
suns and flowers
and beautiful landscapes
only to go back
and change them
to storms.
- 5:15 am
You are a map I want to discover
every destination on.
- 6:47 am
You watered the flowers in my soul. You helped me grow into the person I am today.
I understand why you left. You came to teach me how to tend my own garden rather than helplessly wait for someone else to do so.
So although I wish you would have stayed, I am thankful that you didn’t.
Only in your absence did I learn I can survive on my own just fine.
- 1:28 am
Whatever troubles you from your past, let it go.
If you do not like the story that has unfolded over the years then close the book, grab a pen, and write yourself a new one.
The past only controls you if you let it.
Do not let it.
Only let it go.
- 9:21 pm
Maybe all of it was in my head. Maybe the way I saw things, felt things, was just me and you didn’t think a thing of it.
Maybe our versions of reality are polar opposites and you never felt anything while I carried the weight of the world inside my heart.
- 5:06 am
“do you miss me?”
Every single day. My heart aches for you to hold me again. I can’t fall asleep without a thought of you tugging me in. Our past makes a presence in all of my dreams and I continue to picture you in my future despite your chaotic abandonment.
“no.”
- 12:13 pm
Love is something absolutely beautiful. Yes, it may tear you apart and make you vulnerable as hell but it also is one of the only things in life worth living for.
Love allows you to find someone who will accept you for your differences and embrace you for who you are. Someone to hold your hand when your world is falling apart and to tell you “everything is going to be alright.”
Yes, love kills me when I get left behind or forgotten, but we have to remember the times it ignites our hearts with fiery flames and allows us to burn together.
- 6:04 pm
pre-review
pls ignore how long it took me to read this for a change
August 15, 2020
2am thoughts: I have no expectations going into this.
3am thoughts: Hmm... the poems are generic.
4am thoughts: I just pulled out an all-nighter and for a poetry collection that failed to give me tingles.
Oh well.. I guess I am in search for good ones.
3am thoughts: Hmm... the poems are generic.
4am thoughts: I just pulled out an all-nighter and for a poetry collection that failed to give me tingles.
Oh well.. I guess I am in search for good ones.
December 30, 2023
2.75 stars!
This book was fine! There were a few poems that I did like and connect with, they where at points very relatable and maybe you could say deep but nothing truly stuck with me. To be specific it didn’t shake things up within me like I wanted it to!
But I guess it is still worth a read. In my opinion, even the most imperfect poetries still have something to say, if only for one poem; they’re a piece of the authors mind and heart which’s precious.
Here’s some quotes I liked:
“You are the sand that doesn’t stick when I am dry and sad.”
“The monsters don’t live in my closet or under my bed.
They are the collection of thoughts inside my head”
“I believe we are destined for one person on this earth.
But the sad truth is, we do not always end up finding them.”
“You took the light parts of me and turned them dark”
“The necessity to be desired eats away at us.”
“You are a map I want to discover
every destination on.”
“In a world so doused in guilt
and hate
and sins,
Innocence is so attractive.”
This book was fine! There were a few poems that I did like and connect with, they where at points very relatable and maybe you could say deep but nothing truly stuck with me. To be specific it didn’t shake things up within me like I wanted it to!
But I guess it is still worth a read. In my opinion, even the most imperfect poetries still have something to say, if only for one poem; they’re a piece of the authors mind and heart which’s precious.
Here’s some quotes I liked:
“You are the sand that doesn’t stick when I am dry and sad.”
“The monsters don’t live in my closet or under my bed.
They are the collection of thoughts inside my head”
“I believe we are destined for one person on this earth.
But the sad truth is, we do not always end up finding them.”
“You took the light parts of me and turned them dark”
“The necessity to be desired eats away at us.”
“You are a map I want to discover
every destination on.”
“In a world so doused in guilt
and hate
and sins,
Innocence is so attractive.”
October 21, 2020
I didn't like this book at all. The poems were Instagram captions, and repetitive. At times the poet (to me atleast) seemed very hypocritical and ignorant to other people's problems. Eg:
"𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢. 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙣𝙤 𝙗𝙤𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙥𝙤𝙣 "
Okay, she had panic attacks because boys didn't pay her attention and she thought she was "unlovable". Everyone has a different story and i respect hers. But just after a few pages she wrote:
"𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣.
𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙨𝙤."
What? But you just said how you had panic attacks because boys didn't like you. I was so confused when i read this and this is just one example. She also wrote:
"𝙏𝙤𝙤 𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙤 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙪𝙣𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙨:
𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮
𝙟𝙤𝙗
𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡
𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨
𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙮𝙤𝙪. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝."
Just because you (probably) never had a problem related to money, job, school or your parents doesn't mean you'll turn a blind eye to those who had to go through a lot of pain and trauma because of these "irrelevant outliers". And please remember she had a panic attack because boys didn't like her.
She also wrote:
"𝙄 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙨. 𝙎𝙢𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙗"
What even is that? "Smooth women"? What does she mean by that? Is she also one of those "not like other girls", because she is putting women down.
This is the last one where she was once again hypocritical:
"𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄 𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙. 𝘼𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧.
𝙊𝙝 𝙗𝙮 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜.
𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙣.
𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡.
𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙭𝙮, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙣"
I don't know if it's only me but she's really putting the other girl down because a guy chose the other girl over her, and now she's mocking her???? Why? Why would you do that? I get that you're hurt, angry and maybe even heartbroken. But it was not the other girl's fault that he chose her. If the other girl had been manipulative towards the boy, i would have understood that but she described her as "innocent", so she was being herself. And then i read this:
"𝙄𝙣 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙤 𝙙𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩
𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚
𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙨,
𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙤 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚."
Now she finds innocence attractive, i have no words. She can obviously like a boy who is innocent but it can't be both ways, because then she'll get angry.
The last poem of the book was:
"𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙡𝙡, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨. 𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚.
𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣.
𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙨𝙤. "
She wrote nothing about self-love and at the end declared that the book was about self-love. More than half of the book was about her grieving about a lost love so i don't know what she's talking about.
"𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢. 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙣𝙤 𝙗𝙤𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙥𝙤𝙣 "
Okay, she had panic attacks because boys didn't pay her attention and she thought she was "unlovable". Everyone has a different story and i respect hers. But just after a few pages she wrote:
"𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣.
𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙨𝙤."
What? But you just said how you had panic attacks because boys didn't like you. I was so confused when i read this and this is just one example. She also wrote:
"𝙏𝙤𝙤 𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙤 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙪𝙣𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙨:
𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮
𝙟𝙤𝙗
𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡
𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨
𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙮𝙤𝙪. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝."
Just because you (probably) never had a problem related to money, job, school or your parents doesn't mean you'll turn a blind eye to those who had to go through a lot of pain and trauma because of these "irrelevant outliers". And please remember she had a panic attack because boys didn't like her.
She also wrote:
"𝙄 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙨. 𝙎𝙢𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙗"
What even is that? "Smooth women"? What does she mean by that? Is she also one of those "not like other girls", because she is putting women down.
This is the last one where she was once again hypocritical:
"𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄 𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙. 𝘼𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧.
𝙊𝙝 𝙗𝙮 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜.
𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙣.
𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡.
𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙭𝙮, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙣"
I don't know if it's only me but she's really putting the other girl down because a guy chose the other girl over her, and now she's mocking her???? Why? Why would you do that? I get that you're hurt, angry and maybe even heartbroken. But it was not the other girl's fault that he chose her. If the other girl had been manipulative towards the boy, i would have understood that but she described her as "innocent", so she was being herself. And then i read this:
"𝙄𝙣 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙤 𝙙𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩
𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚
𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙨,
𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙤 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚."
Now she finds innocence attractive, i have no words. She can obviously like a boy who is innocent but it can't be both ways, because then she'll get angry.
The last poem of the book was:
"𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙡𝙡, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨. 𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚.
𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣.
𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙨𝙤. "
She wrote nothing about self-love and at the end declared that the book was about self-love. More than half of the book was about her grieving about a lost love so i don't know what she's talking about.
December 25, 2020
"The monsters don't live in my closet or under my bed.
they are the collection of throughts inside my head"
Me gusto mucho, pero muchísimo mas la parte de la caída que de la levantada. Quizás es porque me gustan mas las cosas tristes.
they are the collection of throughts inside my head"
Me gusto mucho, pero muchísimo mas la parte de la caída que de la levantada. Quizás es porque me gustan mas las cosas tristes.
March 7, 2023
I'm not sure how this was considered poetry by anyone but here we are. It is essentially a recap of one individual's journey through a relationship from dusk to dawn (yep... it doesn't focus only on 2 am thoughts).
Exploring the longing for love, the discovery of love, the downfall of love, the torment of loss, and the recovery from loss, this is a quick read that explores various formatting, from short sequences of "strategically" organized words to paragraphs, as the clock ticks on (although the journey takes place over multiple months).
Exploring the longing for love, the discovery of love, the downfall of love, the torment of loss, and the recovery from loss, this is a quick read that explores various formatting, from short sequences of "strategically" organized words to paragraphs, as the clock ticks on (although the journey takes place over multiple months).
January 17, 2020
I'm sorry.... but this is poetry?
November 3, 2020
"You are the plague on my heart."
Yes, the lines get so corny at times. I mean most of the time.
DNFed on page 30.
I cannot handle bad writing.
Yes, the lines get so corny at times. I mean most of the time.
DNFed on page 30.
I cannot handle bad writing.
February 17, 2020
These are some notes and quotes that I gathered together while reading. Also some brief thoughts and reactions I had while reading. There is some artwork I quite enjoyed and thought was lovely in this collection. Specifically the butterfly illustrations on page 43. I enjoyed quite a bit of some of the poems in this collection. I read this at 2am so it was kind of perfect reading time for this collection. If you are looking for something that talks about romance, loss, with a bit of female empowerment, this is an okay one in my opinion.
Poems I did not enjoy:
"Smooth women are too easy to climb" uhhhh what?!
This quote then goes on to say that women are "easy" or that "smooth women" specifically are??
"Today I inked my skin with your name" is that really... a good idea?? c'mon
"You make me feel dangerous. You dismiss the tiny voice in my head telling me to stop and nudge me to go. You make me do things I never would have If I hadn't met you. You make every day exciting, thrilling, electrifying. You make me feel alive"
I feel that this poem can be taken in many different ways. It feels very dependant and that the relationship is or could develop into a toxic relationship.
Poems I enjoyed:
"Do not let the dust collect in your soul. Live a life so fulfilling that it will never have enough time to do so"
"Some songs seem to have people attached to them"
"That's the problem: I am a tree and you are a leaf, easily swept away by the winds of someone better
"You say you want us to survive the flame, yet you feed the fire every time you walk away"
I build my own walls, yet I am not strong enough to tear them down
"That no matter how hard we try, how long I dream of us staying together, we are a broken record that continues to skip, repeating the same song that is no longer beautiful"
April 28, 2021
Well, I am not a master of poems. Actually the opposite, I am so far from poems like the Moon from Earth.
Altough, I am sure that is not proper poem - we did not even get any rhytme or tune. Shattered thoughts, a bunch of about breakup.
It is a fast read, with a few good quotes.
I build my own walls, yet I am not strong enough to tear them down.
just look up at the stars. Their light always leads the way.
Altough, I am sure that is not proper poem - we did not even get any rhytme or tune. Shattered thoughts, a bunch of about breakup.
It is a fast read, with a few good quotes.
I build my own walls, yet I am not strong enough to tear them down.
just look up at the stars. Their light always leads the way.
January 23, 2020
This was a short reminiscence for me, as who else wakes up at odd times in the night and jots down what they are thinking? Good and quick read, a little on the repetitive side however that is due to reading lots of other books like this one in the past.
April 22, 2022
Ein wunderschönes Buch. Ich bin Mackenzie Campbells Worten verfallen & habe mich in ihnen wiedergefunden.
In diesem Buch geht es um ihre Gefühle, die sie in wundervolle Worte gefasst hat, an einem einzigen Tag. Ich habe wirklich gemerkt, wie sie sich selbst aus diesem Loch herausholt & heilt.
Reread:
Ich liebs immer noch sehr🤍
In diesem Buch geht es um ihre Gefühle, die sie in wundervolle Worte gefasst hat, an einem einzigen Tag. Ich habe wirklich gemerkt, wie sie sich selbst aus diesem Loch herausholt & heilt.
Reread:
Ich liebs immer noch sehr🤍
March 9, 2019
Did not like this book. It felt really lazy and generic to me. I like my poetry to be really moving and touching and this just fell flat. More for casual poetry readers than people who love poetry.
March 4, 2024
Poems nowadays are so badass and so soft at the same time!
They destroy your insides and make you alive again.
They destroy your insides and make you alive again.
August 16, 2023
This was ok, but it felt like the poems didn’t have a sense of coherence or order to them. Normally I wouldn’t comment on this, but the way the book was pitched, it seemed like there would be more of a clear order to the poems written.
February 6, 2024
"Maybe all of it was in my head.
Maybe the way I saw things, felt things, was just me and you didn’t think a thing of it. Maybe our versions of reality are polar opposites and you never felt anything while I carried the weight of the world inside my heart."
Maybe the way I saw things, felt things, was just me and you didn’t think a thing of it. Maybe our versions of reality are polar opposites and you never felt anything while I carried the weight of the world inside my heart."
September 26, 2018
Oh, my broken heart. 😭
Favs fragments:
Why do our hearts make the same mistakes over and over? Why do we always return only to leave again? Why is it we come back when we know it’s not right?
I lost myself while loving you.
I am broken because every time I hear that song or watch that movie or read that book I think of you and a piece of me falls away.
I am forever grateful for your love – the love that silenced my demons and calmed the eternal storm that took place inside me.
Favs fragments:
Why do our hearts make the same mistakes over and over? Why do we always return only to leave again? Why is it we come back when we know it’s not right?
I lost myself while loving you.
I am broken because every time I hear that song or watch that movie or read that book I think of you and a piece of me falls away.
I am forever grateful for your love – the love that silenced my demons and calmed the eternal storm that took place inside me.
November 8, 2020
I thought the book was really good. I like how there was images throughout the book every time she mentioned a poem that was really impactful. The book can be relatable because it says something’s that people go through at some point in their lives.
June 27, 2025
As I have grown
and loved
and been heartbroken,
I have learned that some fairy tales do not end with a
happily ever after.
Some end with an abrupt and bitter goodbye.
Period.
3.5 stars✨
and loved
and been heartbroken,
I have learned that some fairy tales do not end with a
happily ever after.
Some end with an abrupt and bitter goodbye.
Period.
3.5 stars✨
December 29, 2021
I read this at 2am and those poems actually weren't written at that time only.
So, that was a first minus, second is that they feel generic and the third is that even though the poetry can be fickle as someone's thoughts here one sentence poem about love is at the core inconsistent with the poem on the following page.
That is simply too weird for me because at least the essence and values of the writer about love, relationship or self love and self respect or something that inspired them to sit and write their thoughts down should stay the same throughout the poetry collection.
If all of your poems are about a person who left you and you can't live without that individual and without their love then why is there some poem with the message that first you must love yourself and that a man can't make you whole.
Then why this collection even exists if you wrote it about someone you can't live without and obviously you don't feel "whole" at all.
I admit I am not a big poetry fan but if some poem is touching on any level I will rememeber it or note it down.
Unfortunately there is nothing to write down here.
So, that was a first minus, second is that they feel generic and the third is that even though the poetry can be fickle as someone's thoughts here one sentence poem about love is at the core inconsistent with the poem on the following page.
That is simply too weird for me because at least the essence and values of the writer about love, relationship or self love and self respect or something that inspired them to sit and write their thoughts down should stay the same throughout the poetry collection.
If all of your poems are about a person who left you and you can't live without that individual and without their love then why is there some poem with the message that first you must love yourself and that a man can't make you whole.
Then why this collection even exists if you wrote it about someone you can't live without and obviously you don't feel "whole" at all.
I admit I am not a big poetry fan but if some poem is touching on any level I will rememeber it or note it down.
Unfortunately there is nothing to write down here.
April 17, 2023
Going over old poetry and screaming at the highlights !!
The line that took me away !!! Baby !!!
He is the type of person that has the entire night sky in his eyes. There are hurricanes and tornadoes underneath his skin.
The line that took me away !!! Baby !!!
He is the type of person that has the entire night sky in his eyes. There are hurricanes and tornadoes underneath his skin.
October 15, 2020
This reads like dramatic texts to whoever broke her heart - and then
“I am a tree and you are a flower, easily swept away by the winds of someone better.” what?
I do feel very sorry if she indeed tattooed their name...
“I am a tree and you are a flower, easily swept away by the winds of someone better.” what?
I do feel very sorry if she indeed tattooed their name...
October 29, 2021
This is beautiful. I need to pick up a physical copy.
This really took me back to the early days after my boyfriend cheated on me. It brought back every single emotion I felt then and made it feel like it was yesterday.
This really took me back to the early days after my boyfriend cheated on me. It brought back every single emotion I felt then and made it feel like it was yesterday.
June 28, 2021
“I want you and I to not be you and I.
I want you and I to be us.”
((I’ve been reading a bunch of love poetry lately because I will be reading a poem at my brother’s wedding.))
“She is only a star within my entire galaxy, but you looked at her and thought she was the sun.”
I hate giving an opinion on someone’s emotional poetry that they pour their soul into. That being said, this collection had some very clever phrases. I also liked how the time arc of the collection - the beginning of love at 4pm, dealing with a breakup at 2am, finding hope in the morning.
Some of the poems were a bit short and read more like sayings, and unfortunately some were a bit generic.
I couldn’t really relate to the author’s feelings, especially the (at times unhealthy) obsession with finding love and needing a guy to validate her. She does discover self-love by the end of the book (the next morning in this time period), but I don’t know if that part felt as genuine.
“The history of us has already faded. There are few witnesses left able to recall.”
I think anyone going through a break-up or feeling nostalgic about a lost first love would enjoy this collection.
I want you and I to be us.”
((I’ve been reading a bunch of love poetry lately because I will be reading a poem at my brother’s wedding.))
“She is only a star within my entire galaxy, but you looked at her and thought she was the sun.”
I hate giving an opinion on someone’s emotional poetry that they pour their soul into. That being said, this collection had some very clever phrases. I also liked how the time arc of the collection - the beginning of love at 4pm, dealing with a breakup at 2am, finding hope in the morning.
Some of the poems were a bit short and read more like sayings, and unfortunately some were a bit generic.
I couldn’t really relate to the author’s feelings, especially the (at times unhealthy) obsession with finding love and needing a guy to validate her. She does discover self-love by the end of the book (the next morning in this time period), but I don’t know if that part felt as genuine.
“The history of us has already faded. There are few witnesses left able to recall.”
I think anyone going through a break-up or feeling nostalgic about a lost first love would enjoy this collection.
April 9, 2019
When I read the credits at the end i was kind of surprised to find out that the author was actually 18 years old when she published this book as well as how good her poetry is for her age. Her poems tell a story that readers can get a hint on that she was traumatized with her initial heartbreak but towards the end she realizes that people can change their mentality and become a positive self worthy person that can strive on her own. (All the time stamps are around the time of midnight to 2 AM)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 4, 2018
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Actual Rating: 2.5*
This was okay. Some of it felt like poems and words I've read over and over but I did like the concept. I think for a debut poetry collection, this was well done, but I still have read better.
Actual Rating: 2.5*
This was okay. Some of it felt like poems and words I've read over and over but I did like the concept. I think for a debut poetry collection, this was well done, but I still have read better.
March 2, 2024
Some poems was really good, others wasn’t
Here’s some of my favourites!
« She is only a star within my entire galaxy, but you looked at her and thought she was the sun »
« I indulge myself in a book because diving headfirst into another fantasy is so much more peaceful than living in this reality »
Here’s some of my favourites!
« She is only a star within my entire galaxy, but you looked at her and thought she was the sun »
« I indulge myself in a book because diving headfirst into another fantasy is so much more peaceful than living in this reality »
June 26, 2020
Pretty generic 21st century poetry book. Page 86 kind of saved this one for me, but I’ll appreciate a poetry book regardless (simply because poetry is fricken hard to write).
January 10, 2022
“If you aren’t waking up every morning with the search of adventure in your eyes or hints of excitement in your soul,
are you really living?”
are you really living?”
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