I guess I’m just your entertainment
Cuz my posts tend to rhyme
So for today’s show, I’ll dive to the pavement
And blow my brains out at the same time
‘Wow Nick, nice poem’
Is that all you’ve got to say?
No ‘Go out there and show ’em’
Just ‘I could read this all day’
Well golly sir, thank you!
Your compliment just changed my mind
I was gonna hang myself, but thanks to you
IÂ think I’ll be just fine
‘Well you don’t have to be a jerk
We were just being nice’
Sorry, but it didn’t work
And can I give you some advice?
Just because somebody is expressive
In a different way than you
Doesn’t mean they want to be impressive
Maybe everything they say is true
I know I’m being kinda blunt
But nobody seems to care
Think my rhymes are a publicity stunt?
And I’m a bored billionaire?
Richie Rich playing depressed
Just passing the time
‘Well Nick, I’m impressed
You’re rhyming is sublime’
‘And nice allusion to that old flick
That’s something I wasn’t expecting’
So you don’t mind if I end it real quick?
Or are you completely unsuspecting
Did the fact that I rhyme trick you
Into thinking I’m okay?
Do I have to fucking kick you
And make a big display
And jump off the roof
While you’re looking my way
For you to see the truth
In the words that I say?
So in case you are confused
Let me emphasize my meaning
I’m glad you are amused
By my cutting and my screaming
I just want you all to know
The shit I say is real
It’s not a fucking show
This is how I really feel
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I get what you mean. The very same thing irks me. Whenever I post, all I receive is praise (which isn’t so bad, I guess). Oh well.
Somebody told me this not too long ago: “SP is not a writing site. You can’t expect those people to critically analyze and understand the meaning of your posts. They are not writers, most of them won’t get it.â€
Yeah…
A response! Incredible!
First of all, thank you for not complimenting my work. (No sarcasm)
It’s just upsetting when I post something that shows I am clearly troubled. Like…you don’t need to analyze it to get that I’m in a bad place. But still the same posts, “Good writing” “You have talent”
I reply thank you…
Silence.
No “So why are you feeling this way?” Or anything to follow up the compliment. And I appreciate the compliment… which is why I was debating on posting this for awhile.
The thing is… people post ‘good writing’ on every poetic piece on here. So it doesn’t mean the world. It feels like they didn’t even read it. They just saw it was rhyming and said nice job… Hate to sound unappreciative but… sorry that’s just what it feels like.
And I don’t want people to do it for me now just because I asked, just for other ‘talented’ people in the future…
I know, compliments are useless… I don’t believe strangers actually give a damn about my pain anyways. I’d much rather have someone poke around and try to at least grasp a smidgen of understanding through my vague words; which is probably too much to ask for [if they lack intelligence]. *nods* So continue speaking your mind. The world may not listen but screw ’em.
I just feel like I might as well be telling ppl at my school this stuff…its the same thing. I keep giving this site ‘1 more chance’ and when im let down… I say 1 more. Cuz I want to believe that ppl here are better than the society that brought them here…im just not sure about that anymore. People are people I guess.
The only difference is they might not understand. Humans have a capricious nature which makes the majority of ’em unreliable.
I log on this site sporadically. I got tired of asinine conversations/posts/members, so usually I skim the comments & posts — my eyes see the words but nothing ever leaves an impression.
Now I’m just pissed off because nobody seems to care about what you have to say. Ah fuck, this is cyberspace after all.