I Want to Be Me

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NeoQuaid
NeoQuaid
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My first poem here for a while... please feedback if you wish, I'd be grateful for any comments or advice! Thankyou.

Looked at my life
Examining all
Wanting a change now
Before I do fall
Work is so boring
So no pleasure there
I sit and I drift
Out the window I stare
My love life's okay
With my wife Juliet
But the passion is gone
In our ways we are set
We love on a weekend
But routine it's become
Both wanting to change it
But the feelings are numb
Yes, apathy does rule
My life all the time
But I do want a future
That is really mine
Is it Mid-life crisis?
Or just a short phase
I don't really think so
It seems like always
I believe I must act
To sort all this out
I'd discuss with my wife
But she'd scream and she'd shout
It's not anyone's fault
We've got in this state
It happens a lot
Still some love, no real hate
Just drifted apart
No time for each other
Hard to be a couple
When mother and father
She may feel the same
I don't really know
We seldom talk feelings
Except when we're low
I suspect she's the same
Her feelings confused
Not knowing the ways
To feel more enthused
She may yearn the same
And we might agree
It's best if we part
For us both to be free
I ask my close friends
And they tell me to stay
For the sake of the kids
And the foreign holidays
But that's not enough
Not what life's about
I know I have passion
Of that I've no doubt
I feel unfulfilled
As I sit writing here
Another day gone
And another cold beer
My life it is fading
I must act real soon
To spread out my wings
And reach for the moon
To live a new life
And challenge myself
A better existance
Improved inner health
I yearn for the place
Wherever that might be
Where I can give more
Where I can be me

NeoQuaid
NeoQuaid
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annaswirlsannaswirlsover 19 years ago
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Personally, my humble opinion-- marriage goes through waves, I felt like this for many years and now we are doing great. 15 years on Sunday. If course this is not a universal statement, sometimes it just does not work. I know this too.

Poetic-ly: You need more line breaks, it was hard to stick with it my eyes were protesting. Good honest feelings and questions. I would consider looking for some pieces of your life that represent the overall situation. Unless you want it to read more like a letter-conversation with the reader, which is fine too!

Good luck with both,

~anna

*I do not use the thermometer for rating

AnonymousAnonymousover 19 years ago
How true.....

You took the words right from my lips. Hard to express how I feel but you did it nicely. Well done!

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