So long ago

I felt the poem has feelings of hurt and regret of lost love. It's the subtle hints of self-isolation in "In my pit I sit and hide" blended with the wish to still have them here. I found the repeated verse in brackets a good addition as it alludes that fear has taken place in the void of love. Also, I like how you wrote such short verses and able create a smooth flow. Keep writing :-)

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This is a good one. I feel as though it speaks to idea of caring for yourself while also caring for others and when one thinks they need to do something for themselves at the moment, hindsight says otherwise. Caving to your own self-think, falling out, and realizing later what a mistake you've made.

I think some of these lines do a great job of portraying a beautiful relationship and internal struggle that by the end "I wish that I'd have kept you" really packs a punch. Like other comments the repetition of " standing by my side" really made me pause, take a sigh, and finally read the last line. Beautiful. Well done.

One suggestion, is maybe condense the Stanza that repeats through the poem. It felt as though I was getting caught up in it, when I really wanted to keep going through the poem. it could just be "memories i hold dear / when i wasnt filled with fear". That kinda keeps the meaning of the stanza and keeps the momentum going. IDK, just a suggestion, I understand if you don't want to change it for artistic purposes.

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The repetitive bracketed verses sort of amplified the faint repentance I felt in the back of my head while reading this poem , the theme is great : "Regret and lost love" . I hope many will be able to resonate with you on this one . Well done keep going .

I really liked the rhymes this, you broke it up well enough so it didn't get too dr suess-y. It had a rhythm. If I were to offer any constructive criticism, I'd say refrain from saying "I felt sad" and generally being too exhibition-y, it sort of feels like a description you'd need in a play. Basically show don't tell.

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Really great rythm there towards the beginning, it did slip a little towards the end though. I liked how you brought back the parenthesis part every so often, it really developed that excerpt as a whole

I don't know it is real or just poetry but I will say one thing for sure, it was full of the feeling of being broken by love, just needed a video graphic with your poetry reciting in background. Perfect.

Very natural, flowing rhymes. Felt like taylor swift’s “Back To December”.

I like the way, you throughly explain the relation to the woman and how she seems to be more of an anchor than a human (seen from the present main characther). The main character faces the reality of the unknown future, when memorizing his past and where he is now.

The flow isn't very exciting, since I don't feel like, you're playing with the words - Making it delicate and chaotic as the character's state of mine seems to be in the present, when thinking back on his love.