Not For You
I don't write for you
so don't tell me
what you think.
My words aren't yours
to tear apart and
critique and analyze.
If I had written it
with you in mind
it wouldn't be
worth the time it took
to scribble it down...
might as well be
graffiti on a passing train,
love notes scrawled
in lipstick on the wall
of a public restroom.
My words are not for you,
and I don't want your praise
(all it includes is a plea
to read your jibberish anyway)
because you mean nothing...
one more alien face
in a sea of strange humanity.
My words are not for you
to poison with your lofty gaze
and villify with your
snobbishly self-centered
blandishments; or what
you'd probably like to call
an "educated opinion."
Give your words to someone else
and let them pat your hand
like a drooling sycophant.
My words are not for you -
they live in me alone.
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 796 |
Words | 160 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 35 |
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