Off Of The Edge

I thought you were amazing
but now I am having doubts.

I thought you would be different from the rest
but now I see you are all the same.

I thought you would change me, make me feel alive again
but now I know that you make me die again.

I cried when you told me how to live my life.

I know I made mistakes. I know I messed up.

And you won't forgive me.

Do you still think I'm beautiful?

Or is the truth still ugly?

You don't know me.

You don't know the things I had to do to get people
to care about me.

And you don't know the things I had to do to get people
to trust me.

Keep thinking I'm a freak, or some fucked up attention w***e,
but remember I didn't want to push myself so far
off
of
the
edge....

Author's Note

He knows who he is.

Reviews

[Alexis]

I definitely feel like I can relate to this:
"I thought you were amazing
but now I am having doubts.

I thought you would be different from the rest
but now I see you are all the same."

That was almost spot on with how I've been feeling lately.
This poem also made me think of other things that have happened to me. Perhaps it's a much different story than yours, but I felt like there was someone judging another person without knowing anything about them. I got that from these lines:
"You don't know me.

You don't know the things I had to do to get people
to care about me.

And you don't know the things I had to do to get people
to trust me."

Maybe I got something out of this different than what you intended, but now I'm just ranting lol.
You did a great job on this and I really liked it!

[Moto Kaligawa]

When someone gives me something pretty, I always look for the hook. Sometimes we reach, and reach too far and fall, and sometimes they laugh. Step back, let them work for your trust. Yea, I got one or two like this.

[brenda]

ignore him he is not so worth your time boys are stupid sometimes no offense to all boys but ignore him and great poem !:)

[Coyote Poetry]

I like your honest and strong poetry. Sometime we must separate the good one from the bad. I like the direct thoughts.
"I cried when you told me how to live my life.
I know I made mistakes. I know I messed up.
And you won't forgive me. "
A very good ending to excellent poem.
Coyote

[Just Cat]

Oh this is so relatable for me right now:

'I thought you were amazing
but now I am having doubts.
I thought you would be different from the rest
but now I see you are all the same.'

Kinda sad and probably relatable for many.
Good work :)

[~Lizzy♬]

Beautiful emotions throughout the poem. I loved the beauty in each line. Great write! :)

~Lizzard~

[DONALD EISSLER]

really showing those deep emotions on this one .... seems we all been there once or twice ... good words used to show those feeling thats for sure...
tk

[Violet]

i liked this one. very lovely.