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I want to be the new Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Instead of cutting my wrists,
I'd like to write a poem.

A poem so alluring and divine yet so real and intense.

I want the reader to feel my pain. To feel like it happened to them, too.

But I can't get all the feelings out. They're stuck to my insides, refusing to leave. So I cut exits into my wrists. I hope that they'll leave once they're ready.

Written by notapoetbutapoem

Published 22nd Feb 2024

Author's Note

This is not the best poem as I wrote it within 10 minutes but I needed to get my feelings out.

#despair #frustration

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Re. I want to be the new Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Northern_Soul

22nd Feb 2024 10:36pm

Hi there and welcome to DU. Also, big up the fly agarics in your profile pic. I am quite the mushroom enthusiast.

Whether you wrote this in ten minutes or not, it came out of you and is a pure thought, and in that regard its value is great. Vulnerability is a quality I hold higher than any other so I�m glad this took a real snapshot of yourself in a moment that it needed to come out.

Hope you�re doing ok out there today. Thanks for sharing.

-M

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notapoetbutapoem

23rd Feb 2024 2:02pm

Hi! Thanks for reading and the kind words... Have a great day :)

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Re. I want to be the new Edna St. Vincent Millay.

LiamReeduus (LiamReedus)

1st Mar 2024 6:34pm

Never feel the need to apologize for your writings. They are yours. It's nice to have them like and makes us feel away when they don't but fact be told it wasn't to improve those who don't because they weren't ready for you