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silhouetted
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0 posted 2004-07-27 02:01 AM


When you don't belong
You don’t feel right
And you are never comfortable
And you just want to leave wherever you are

It’s like I’m far away from home
Far from where i feel safe
And no one can take me back
Because I have no money for a bus
Or I’ve been told never to hitchhike

It’s like I’ll be forever lonely
Watching from the outside
As everyone else throws there life away
And knowing I can’t do anything about it

Almost like I’m locked up tight
In a small space
And even though the claustrophobia is on its way
I know I can breathe
But I physically can't

Numb could be a word for it
But then I’d have to not feel
And that’s all I do
Feel the pain and stress of everyone else

I want to be able to say I’m okay
And even though I do frequently it’s not true
And I say it as if saying it out loud will make me actually be okay
But then I look in the mirror and all over again it’s like, Who is she?

I know I don't have much to complain about
But everyone has their pains, their insecurities
And for so long I feel like I haven’t had them
Haven’t been allowed.
Like its okay for everyone else to cry
But when it comes down to me I just have to be there to support, not to be supported

And now I’m alone again
And I know I don’t belong
And I can’t do anything about it
But next time you ask me how I’m feeling
Don’t believe me
Cause after all,
'I’m okay'


"It would make those who listen to it doze into a land of rivers, kund fu and unicorns, eventually making the listener pee in his/her pants - Brandon

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yv
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Posts 574

1 posted 2004-07-27 04:39 PM


Wow...the emotion in that was so elaborate.  I was drawn in by how personal every line read...as if you read my life down to the tee.

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spritrider87
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since 2003-05-31
Posts 294
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2 posted 2004-07-27 04:54 PM


"I'm okay" too. at leaste i tell everyone eles that. and crying is a thing that belongs to the normal people so i refuse to cry. i hope things get better for you i know what it is like being an outsider bacause i am one. keep writing

"alone yet unafraid to hurt. i go through every day trying to find my way. where is the light. where is my fight. is this how it ends?"

Hollow_Emptiness
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since 2004-02-01
Posts 715
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3 posted 2004-07-28 12:10 PM


Niiiice, wow, you know your email, (My fave of ur poems), this is one of mine from you.

Hollow.
Courts.

"Why are my visions so unliving with dreams? And why do I no longer care?" - Stygian

silhouetted
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since 2004-01-30
Posts 537
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4 posted 2004-07-28 12:45 PM


thanks.

this one really made me feel so good when i wrote it. Letting all your feelings out is so emotionally helpful and thats why i write, cuz i don't know how i'd feel all locked up and stuff if i wasnt able to write it all down and not feel embarrassed about it.

LOR

"It would make those who listen to it doze into a land of rivers, kund fu and unicorns, eventually making the listener pee in his/her pants - Brandon

PainBaneChaos
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Posts 150
The point of no return
5 posted 2004-09-07 03:23 PM


I was surfing and thought this one should be brought back up to the front.
fractal007
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6 posted 2004-09-07 04:54 PM


Well, this is another nice cynical poem.  But I must point out that your spelling and grammar are less than perfect.  It is possible that you are trying to get across a rougher sound by writing a piece that has grammatical issues, but the spelling could be improved.  On the other hand, though, if you polish up this style, I think you might have something.  This is a rather colloquial style of poetry.

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silhouetted
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Posts 537
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7 posted 2004-09-07 10:30 PM


what were the spelling mistakes?

and no the grammar wasnt what i was going for, i just let it all out and when i write like that my grammar tends to go haywire.

Glad u liked it

LOR

say wat you will, say what you mean, but you could never offend cuz your dirty words come out clean

Hollow_Emptiness
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Posts 715
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8 posted 2004-09-08 02:48 AM


Yeah, where were the spelling mistakes?

Hollow.

I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad. The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had. - Gary Jules, Mad World.

Susan
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since 2004-03-27
Posts 5104
walking the surreal
9 posted 2004-09-08 07:45 PM


It is okay- you are allowed to feel, to cry, to be.  I understand this.  I once walked a similar path.  Perhaps it is age, perhaps it is the wisdom of sages I've read, but you can, one day, be truly okay.  I'm still working on it.  Some day I'll be okay too

Susan

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you.  Joy is a state of mind.

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