Sunset Days (First ever poem!)

Feedback Received!
When I fell asleep, the sun was burning hot  
High noon, high times    
But as I napped by the lake  
The sun dipped out of view  
Now I rise, confused and scared  
Where is my sun?  
Where is my ball of life?  
In the blink of an eye  
I squandered my sunny day  
I slept my day away  

The moon will be out soon  
I have to go

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SIDENOTE

I just wanted to give some basic background information on myself. I've dealt with depression and self-image issues for a good part of my life, but until this year never really realized it. I was raised in an environment where mental health issues were seen as weaknesses, and if I tried to open up about my feelings I would just be called a snowflake. As part of an effort to start being more open about my feelings, and inspired by me recently playing Doki Doki Literature Club (I'm a little late to the party on that one, hah) I want to start getting into poetry. I have never so much as taken a writing class in my life, so this is my first ever attempt. Please give me honest feedback and ways to improve, I'm posting here to get better, not to be told how great I am even though I know I'm not!

I'm sure you could tell because my symbolism isn't that deep, but I wrote this as a metaphor for my life. The day in the poem = my life. I feel like I've been almost completely useless and have just wasted all of my time I've been given. I'm 23 and I work at a dead end job and have never had a girlfriend (or even a good female friend.) I feel like I've made no impact on this planet whatsoever. I am a waste of space. I'm so awkward and stilted when talking that I couldn't make friends or dates if my life depended on it. I'm constantly lightheaded and feel half asleep. I feel like a loser. I'm sure you could tell, but I'm also horrifically overweight and physically gross. I feel like I wasted my youth and the happy part of my "day", hence the theme of the poem. Sorry for the rant, but I just wanted to get my feelings out somewhere.

Here are my two pieces of feedback. Basic, I know, but like I said, I am a square one beginner!

one!

two!

EDIT

Thank you so much for all of your feedback! I will try to respond to all of you, but it will take awhile because of the new status of this account hah.

Posted Mar 24, 2018, 7:32 AM UTC · edited

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