November 22, 2009
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Love Songs
I write love songs on napkins
Sad songs on my armsI write beautiful words of sorrow
They wrap their melodies around meThe hypocrites whisper sinner
While the saints preachI see her standing there
I write about her sad eyesI see versions of myself
In everyone I passI hide in my shell
I throw my words away——-
I barely write anymore. I am too afraid of rejection. I don’t write my stories, my novels. I’m afraid of my dreams. Am I not good enough? I don’t think I am.
Comments (31)
Eh, it’s one of the reasons I hardly ever share my writing anymore, even though I do a lot of it.
hi
Write more. You don’t have to share it with us but your words are beautiful.
The patience and self-control which you practice will make you more attractive and charming. This will qualify you as her daily vitamin and win you that heart hers.
that was beautiful. i second @pawnshop_heart , you should write more.
ha! don’t stop writing! I am a prolific writer of the lyrics of the tragic love song. Maybe I’ll link you one if I can find it
“Sad songs on my arms”
Sounds like a comparison to cutting. Good metaphor.
I like this
@pawnshop_heart - Thank you!
@broknheartshurt - Aww thanks
@Loonsounds - Okay, I’ll try to write more, lol.
@YouLookLikeINeedADrinkk - Thank you
@undertheglass - Thanks =]
I really like this. Definitely write.
I have a feeling you will be received far better than you realize. :0)
“I write love songs on napkins”
Brilliant.
You don’t have to share it if you don’t want but you should write, still write. You do so well and if it is a release for you then not doing it might not be such a good idea.
This poem is just great:
I write love songs on napkins
Sad songs on my arms
AND
I see her standing there
I write about her sad eyes
Are my favorite lines.
Please don’t stop?
You’re good enough for me!
=]
The world is screwed up. Many writers are phonies. You are not such, but you always need to remember what I try to tell myself, which is that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.
Please check out http://www.jonathanpollard.org and tell me what you think of it.
I have been working on a heavy metal song about Jonathan Pollard, and about myself to some degree, for a long time, I keep rewriting it in my head, and in my fantasies, I am not the one playing it. Somebody quite inaccessible is playing it and singing it, because every dog has his day and I want Jonathan to have his shot at getting his life sentence commuted.
I like this.
Sometimes, I feel inadequate as well. Like, seriously, there are so many great writers out there. But it’s all in your audience. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If you pick the right audience, who knows how much you could succeed? Kinda like the Twilight series – it would definitely not have been as popular with adults as it is with 12-year-olds. So, keep writing!!
“I write beautiful words of sorrow
They wrap their melodies around me”
That part’s my fave.
I think we’re our own toughest critic in everything. I can understand the fear of rejection… but you should keep writing. If anything you could keep it protected or private. 
I liked that and who cares about rejection. Write for you and you alone. Don’t worry what people have to say.
@godfatherofgreenbay - Thank you, but I was more talking about sending my novel (whenever I finish it….) to an agent or publishing company =]
I appreciate this. And I totally relate to being afraid of dreams. I’ve been like that for as long as I can remember. Dang, I wish I knew what it was like to have genuine ambition with writing… I want my dreams SO very bad, but I’m scared to make a move towards them. Makes me feel pretty stupid.
~V
This is really good. Keep writing.
@TheMarriedFreshman - That’s exactly how I feel! I’m too scared to make a move toward my dreams too =[
This is so powerful. Brilliant.
Write. Don’t ever stop writing. Don’t be afraid to reach for what you want. You deserve it.
@MakinzyKrysteen - Thank you so much! I haven’t seen you around lately! Hmm I’ll have to jump over to your site….
I can totally identify with your fears. Might I point out that there is no rejection here? I think you’re safe to keep writing. You do write very well. Just go for it. It’s like going swimming when the water’s too cold. If you go in slowly and try to adjust, you don’t. If you just jump in without thinking, you get a shock and are forced to swim around a lot til you warm up. And so it is the same when trying to reach your dreams. Just jump in.
@poetically_truthful - Haha thanks, I’ll keep that in mind!
@crazy2love - You’re welcome!
Yes, I’ve been a little MIA. I’m actually toying with the idea of moving my blog elsewhere…
@MakinzyKrysteen - Oh no! That’s too bad…well, for us, I suppose, lol.
omg!!! I want more more more! I believe there isn’t space for rejection. I like the poem entirely.
yeah I feel the same way.
That was a beautiful piece of writing, so subtle, rich and elegant in a way too. Do not stop writing. Go for your dreams and remember, have confidence in yourself because ‘you are your own enemy’… only you alone can help youself or prevent yourself from fulfilling your dreams. I’d say … go for it!