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I mean what is poem worth when you can’t relate

when you can’t write about love because you haven’t experienced it.

when you don’t know what it’s like to hold a lover’s hand and have it slowly crumble like drying flower petals

To not know what it’s like to trace vein patterns on moonlit nights and feel tender kisses that beat out every rom-com scene all the while playing out EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. from the 00’s?

Honestly, it’s kind of like this, like writing poem that is just a long list of complaints about how you can’t write a poem

what is a poem worth when my forms not right

when my rhyme scheme is not existent

when nothing fits right

like this feels too big for the skin I'm trying to slip it into

it feels too much like myself on paper- on a screen

because who actually uses paper anymore

but back to the point, it feels like my own skin as I type this or write this , it's all too tight, too awkward to fit in

and its kinda funny how I make stanzas for a free-form poem that will mean nothing, that I’ve deleted and fixed because I can’t bear the thought of it being imperfect

In all of its imperfect.

quite frankly I just don’t know what to type anymore

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Validation, its certainly easy to freely offer you a form of validation as far as your actual existence, and that you can write. However its your attempt to write and your sharing it here that accomplishes that with out any opinion being provided by anyone.
Still having read two of your pieces I can say that yes, there is a voice there, and an ability to communicate within a framework. There is an emotional honesty that shines through the words, and in this poem there is some powerful imagery, and phrasing.
I could say stop being so hard on yourself and the art you produce, yet I think that would be more than foolish, for you have no reason to follow my direction. I will have you consider the words of another whom I heard say to his class of life drawing students "Never destroy the work you do now at the beginning of your career, you will never draw like this again! You will never see things like you do now, and the raw nature of your present work will in time be affected by what you learn and apply during your education and career." So please STOP destroying your work! Edit, rework, certainly, if you feel something you write is in need of some changes, you can even write something and never look at it again, or share it.
Writing is not a test, there is no absolute you can attain, and no matter if the entire world loves your work, you still have to deal with the harshest critic you will ever find, the only one that really matters, yourself.
It was suggested to me in the beginning, that I at least learn about and attempt to write using the classic or more structured forms of poetry, before moving on to free verse. I am going to suggest that you may find not only a sense of accomplishment in doing so (I am sure you are more than capable), but I also believe they may provide a structure that will work well for the seething storm of your creativity, as well as speak to your nature and temperament.