I really like this but I'm struggling for words - its simplicity is what makes it perfect, I feel like I lost my best friend reading it

Really like the bounciness I feel reading the 2nd and 3rd stanza. I keep reading it back and trying to figure out what happened, whether she said yes or no.

Very interesting! I've re-read this several times and I like it more each time!  'Simple' isn't really the word I want to use, but something close, like 'pure' or 'clean' maybe? when I read it as a whole, its heartbreaking.  I have familiarity with recovery of a few different types, and it can, indeed, suck.  Your stanzas are interesting as well, separately.  Each could be taken as a fine poem alone.  One suggestion? My brain immediately tried to break each stanza into 4 lines, with 'I already knew', 'thinks that I do', 'no reason to love me' and 'of recovery' as separate lines.  (my brain is strange sometimes).  Not a critique! I loved reading this.  Well done!!

oh my lord. wow. i- wow. the vulnerability.. it allows the reader to connect so easily. i feel as if you took my experiences and illustrated them in words i couldn’t have ever thought of. an eloquent and stunning piece, seriously bravo


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I love the simplicity of this piece, I thought about saying you should vary your words but I think it adds to the style. Great work!

Wow. Both short and sweet, really great poem man! I can instantly feel what the character feels, and it’s written so lightly with almost nothing, it creates a really cool style

Stuck in a bubble.

I start to ask questions for

answers I already knew.

&amp;#x200B;

Looking for trouble. 

I know I don’t need it, but

part of me thinks that I do.

&amp;#x200B;

Starting to crumble.

You said that you want me.

That crushed me. I know

there’s no reason to love me.

&amp;#x200B;

I get up from one knee.

It sucks we have different 

methods of recovery.

&amp;#x200B;

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