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-Mercy-

Warm Bodies by A

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Close to me

Not where you want to be

All of the things I've seen led me to here

I cry out

Ignored again, no doubt

But why are you here?

Why are you staying when you're gone?

And you're still so near me

So how don't you hear me?

Oh, you're so close to me

But you've never been

Or haven't been

No, you're not even here

But you're laying right there

Get up!

Get up, I want to hear you talk

Get up!

Get up and say it out loud

Get up!

Stand up!

Scream it on out

Let me hear what I need to hear

While you're laying right here

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/comments/4fwrh3/friend_of_mine_went_through_a_break_up_inspired/d2d4bov?context=1

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/comments/4fwy6i/the_sounds_of_spheres/d2d4gee?context=2

Posted Apr 22, 2016, 3:20 PM UTC

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zsabarab•

I like the energy in this poem. And it has a tone that seems very ghost-like to me.

I saw another commenter on another poem talk about the use of questions in poems. He said usually you are either answering your own question with the poem, or you are asking the reader to answer the question. I was just curious what you were trying to accomplish with your questions.

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gwrgwir•

The piece reads oddly, to me - it starts with an AAB rhyme scheme, though doesn't maintain same; the line lengths, enjambment, and punctuation are all inconsistent; there's a lot of contradiction but little expansion or discussion on same; want and need are conflated with each other. Overall - there's a lot of questions and a lot of telling, but little to no resolution or showing.

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-Mercy-OP•

I originally wrote it as a song. Most of my poetry is derived from some sort of music i have in my head

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