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RE: Nyctophobia

in #poetry8 years ago

this is brutally raw and unsettling. Suicide poems always are. I wonder why you chose the title and what you see is the relationship to the poem? Fear of darkness and the blackness of depression--how does that come together for you? I'm asking because poems always allude, but connections are left out

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Thank you for your comment, it means a lot. I assure you though, this poem is the opposite of a suicide note. It's more of a complaint about the depression that follows abandonment. The title's reference to fear of darkness hints at the fear of the unknown that accompanies abandonment and the uncertainty of new surroundings. I don't write suicide poems, I write what I feel, and I love what I feel. I'm just 16, why would I stop what I love just because it's brutally raw and unsettling. My poems are my life, and just like my life I wouldn't end my poetry because I couldn't handle the pain they hold.

Brutally raw and unsettling are my favourite!

Haha, yeah, I see where you're coming from. It's as appealing as dark humor, and it rhymes! How can you get any better.