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Overthinking

Someday
I'll
stop
thinking
about
old lovers
and
letters
and
things
I
did
for
them
I'll
stop
worrying
about
what
got
broken
and
how
I
failed
to fix
it
I'll
stop
thinking
about
those
things
someday
but
not today...
not today

About This Poem

Style/Type: Free verse

Editing Stage: Not actively editing

About the Author

Country/Region: FL

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Comments

Ruby Lord

Ruby Lord

1 year 12 months ago

I liked your poem, it read

I liked your poem, it read well and had a lot of charm about it.
The only point I would make is to end each statement with a full stop. Minimalism is effective but clarity can make a statement stronger.
Ruby :)

T

Tawny023

1 year 11 months ago

Simple

I like the minimalistic way it was written and to keep with the theme relax it didn’t make me ‘overly’ think. Or get lost in translation. The words were right there and accessible. I felt that the reader found peace from their past if only for one day. Pray as they sort things out they find relief. Someone might ask why do they have to continually think about the past rlsp at all? But sometimes breakups are financially, mentally, and emotionally messy. A child at home; perhaps the co parenting reminder or the new debt one finds themselves whatever the case may be.

J

Jenifer James

1 year 11 months ago

I like the minimalism!

Nice one, simple but effective. The lack of punctuation didn't concern me - maybe you could just make a space between statements for clarity?