Woe, Myself and I

Sorry but sometimes you just have to let it out.

I threw a pity party and no one came.

The invitations came back to me marked 'undeliverable - return to sender'.

I would need a step stool just to be dog waste under someone's shoe.

I went to Church and the angels looked down and said, "Him again, yeah right".

I'm so smart that I'm dumb.

The schmuck who ran amok.

I spent a dime trying to save a nickel.

I stood on the edge of the pier and looked down;  at least my spit had enough sense to hurl itself downward into the water.

The devil came to take his pound of flesh, but I was all out, so he had to take a rain check instead.

On the way out, he took another chunk of my soul just for kicks.

I hold onto the edge by my fingertips.

I am humanity's cesspool.

Society's doormat.

The Midas touch turning things to excrement instead of gold.

I tried to make lemonade with the lemons life handed me but I had no water, only tears.

Both were too acidic and they didn't mix well.

I'm the kid with a hole in his trick-or-treat bag.

The guy you cut in front of at the coffee shop.

My cup's always half empty.

In my head, I put God on trial.

Where have you been, why don't you help me?

Who, what, where, when why and how?

I held myself in contempt.

Case dismissed.

What did I do wrong?

What's taking so long?

Why can't you see?

Woe is me.

What is my life for?

Don't I matter anymore?

Is your word just a lie?

Woe, Myself and I . . .

Reviews

[Nadia]

Well, this really hits the nail on the head. (sorry for the cliche). People feel this way for different reasons. Everybody messes up, or has bad days, or just gets to the point where they've had enough of it all. Thanks for sharing this great poem, and I hope life is treating you a bit better. :)

[Pete]

thanks Nadia. i appreciate you stopping by for a read. sorry this one is such a bummer. things have to get better at some point, right? Lol. best regards.

[Great Aunt Astri]

This is full of pathos and excellently written and 'presented. I have written quite a lot of sad poems but I try to end on an optimistic note. Usually in the last two lines which are often a rhyming couplet. This is mainly to cheer myself up!!!

[Pete]

thank you. i usually just write what i feel at any given time. you must be an optimist.

[Great Aunt Astri]

Poetically speaking, it is quite nice to have a resolution at the end of a poem.):

[Pete]

true but I like to confront my reader with mixed feeling and something to mull over and digest as the come to grips with their own feelings on the matter. with me, it's usually about feeling rather than thinking.

[Great Aunt Astri]

There are many different trategies

[Josie E. Cook M. A.]

Mondays are often like this for me...
great reflection on the subject.
Love the structure here.

[Pete]

wow, you must really hate your Mondays! thank you for the thoughts Josie. :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

wow, what can go wrong will go wrong...a bit of Murphy's law here...

amusing the way you relay it in this poem...feel sorry for the speaker, but at least he has a sense of humor...and that will get him through...mine has throughout my life.

j.

[Pete]

j., you are ever the optimist no matter where the write takes you. thank u.

[Gypsy Warrior Queen]

Sorry your having a bad time of things, I too can relate. I've been destined to learn patience...think it's gonna kill me before it makes me stronger.lol but here, I still am...trudging along. Keep faith Pete, it'll get better.

[Pete]

they say that what doesn't kill us makes us stronger. i just wonder which one i'll get. thank you for reading. best regards.

[Kathy Van Kurin]

Pete,
What a bad day you must of been having from the looks of this poem. Descriptive of how down someone can get. I hope that I am kind when I come across someone like this. You have reminded me that life is for caring. Bless you and your great writing. Kathy

[Pete]

thank you Kathy. You don't know the half of it. on to other things i guess.

[Tina Kline]

Wow, this is very impressive work and I am impressed by it. You've captured the pity party perfectly in your splendid poem. Yes, I've been there a few times and it does help to get it out.

[Pete]

thanks for taking the time. appreciate you reviewing.

[Tina Kline]

You're most welcome.

[Hebe]

Pete my friend..... i definitely felt terrible my heart sank as i kept reading.... your words achieved doom and gloom..... now i will jump out the window !! On a lighted note.... i liked it because it was written from deep down!

[Pete]

LOl. no Hebe - don't do that. bad day yesterday and just letting it out. thanks for the read.

[Hebe]

Hi Pete... it's the best medicine to let it out, I'm glad you were able to.....just remember:
....This too shall pass....

[Pete]

pass... like a kidney stone!

[Hebe]

yes... that's a good example... pain, pain, pain then relief!

[Tony Jordan]

I don't think there's ever been a more comprehensive list of sorry-a*s self-pitying statements ever compiled Pete!!
This would make Marvin the Paranoid Android from Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy seem like a happy-clapper!
And yet funny as it appears one needs to remember that any human being feeling this way has had the worst Life experience and therefore compassion must be the order of the day.
Thought-provoking piece Pete.

[Pete]

hahaha. thanks Tony. I was in a bad mood yesterday - nothing seems to go right anymore. so i let it out by writing.