Note to Self

As I sit and watch you cry.

You spill your pain in my lap.

I hope you know I’m taking note

Reflecting on my own past actions.

Taking note on what not to do.

Figuring out the human brain

How we work

Our main flaws.

The problems of the younger generation.

Love.

Love. 
Love.

The notes always relate to love.

It’s like we can’t escape it.

Love makes us cry the most.

It makes us think someone is better than they actually are.

Such a great feeling.

Burn and crash.

Here come the tears.

Note to self never break a heart.

Oops I just broke one 3 weeks ago.

As you tell me your story

I realize I did all the same stuff

As this terrible person you tell me about.

I could have been the one to make you cry.

I’m no better than that person.

I just realize it.

It’s like a conscious evil.

Nobody is perfect

But we could do so much better.

Maybe hearing this story about myself 3 weeks later

Will stop me from doing it in the future.

Just let me take note

As I watch your endless tears drop.

Temper tantrums

Kicking of legs,

And Gritting of teeth. 

3 weeks ago that was her.

But that’s when I didn’t take note.

Here I am now watching

Judging

Feeling sympathy

Not knowing what to say

And thinking

Note to self. 

Reviews

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

Overall, this is very well written. I greatly appreciate how you took a moment to self reflect and use her pain as a learning lesson that you might feel remorse for what you had done and use it as a guide for how you can do better in the future. Life is full of such moments if we but have the heart to listen. It's how we learn and grow. Great job!

[John Byrd]

I'm glad that you got the message I was trying to convey! Thank you! :)

[cimmy wuv xxxooo]

Your writing is deep and very meaningful, comes straight from the heart. Tats the way us true poets write, from our hearts.
Your poetry have tons of emotion in them.
Everyone has there heart broken at times and it really hurts. Its almost just as hard when you break someones heart.
Even the nicest people can break hearts, not because we want to but because sadly it just happens.
Great poem describes exacually what love is, and that its everywhere :)

[Yours Truly]

Well written.. It's crazy how at times we won't realize what were doing but later how we can see all our mistakes so clearly. We can't learn though unless we make mistakes at times, and sometimes all we can do is just try to learn from them. Great write though, I enjoy reading things like this. :)

[John Byrd]

Thank you that is very true :).

[Frontier]

I like how this has both simplicity and depth. You didn't need to resort to any "poetic" language to make your point, and that's not as easy as it sounds.

[John Byrd]

Thank you :). I never thought about it like that! Always nice to see an outside perspective.

[Konigin]

Wow... Note to self inded.
I liked this John. :) It flowed well and I LOVED the imagery! It definitely pulled on my heart strings...
Superb pen friend! ^.^

[John Byrd]

I'm glad you enjoyed it :)!

[Konigin]

:D It was SO good!
How are you?

[John Byrd]

Pretty good. How about you?

[Konigin]

Good. :) Tired... had a long day...

[Jack Wolfe]

I loved the message here, it’s true, when we sit back and reflect on our past mistakes, when we can see the error, perhaps learn, and move forward, we try our best; more often then not, we fall into the same cycle, justifying, and repeating the same sin. . . an endless dance to a tune only the devil can hear. I enjoyed this, and it is no doubt from the heart, but it needs to be broken up, and reformatted; as of now it reads like an outpouring (which I’m sure it was), a little refinement and you’d be on the right track. Thank you for an enjoyable read.

[John Byrd]

Thank you! I appreciate the constructive feedback!