Sometimes I just want to be alone
So I can hurt until I’m numb.
Each palliative gesture
Opens the healing wound.
We're so far apart
We can't over
Extend to
Meet half
Way.
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C. Rommial Butler
C. Rommial Butler is a writer, musician and philosopher from Indianapolis, IN. His works can be found online through multiple streaming services and booksellers.
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Standing While Falling
Quotation from Friedrich Nietzsche "He who wrestles long with monsters should beware lest he himself become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Man is not destroyed by suffering, but by the meaning he makes of it."
By LUCCIAN LAYTH6 days ago in Critique
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This sinks in deep. The length makes it resonate even deeper. It’s poignant, sorrowful and masterful!
Exceptional poem. Going back to read about different types of poems. Nicely Done!!!
I know the feeling...sometimes quiet is the best peace for the soul. Kudos on the awards.
Congratulations on your top story and the runner up status!🎉🎉🎉
Congratulations… very emotive.
So glad this placed!! Congratulations :)
Woah! This is brilliant! The last four lines had such a punch to them!! Congrats!
Ooph… The pain is felt in this one! Well done, and well done on your challenge placement!! 🙏🏻🌟😇🥹
I love this nonet. Congratulations on your win!
Congratulations!
Congratulations!! 🎉🍾🎈🎊
Awesome!!! Congratulations on the runner up win. C.!!!🥰
Wooohooooo congratulations on your win! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Really sadly beautiful. Some feelings just cannot be resurrected and goodbye becomes the cure. Congrats TS.
Heart breaking and really well written. Excellent choice of illustration too and so good to see use of great art as featured image. Really well done and congratulations on the TS
Such a great entry!
And well done on TS as well! Very well deserved!
Excellent entry, best of luck!
Oooh I can relate. Congratulations too
Fantastic nonet Congratulations on Top story !
This is a great poem, Well done! Congrats on a well-deserved TS!
congrats on TS. I felt this way once but the feeling lasted for years. I finally got over it but it seemed like forever.
Congrats on your top story.
Wow Like this a lot. Congrats!!!!
Ole ROCK's heart is rollin'. I live exactly 2 hours from the Munch Museet in Oslo. I can't put the dots over u but I think I am very impressed by du!