You are amazing. Before you shrug it off, listen to me- I look up to you. I want to be able to write as well as you do. It takes a whole lot of damn desperation, doesn't it, to walk through fire and yet you did. I hope you are well, and if you are not, if the bottoms of your feet are scorched and you pants have caught aflame, listen to me- you are amazing. Thank you for these lines of poetry, the whole thing, it makes me feel warm. It makes me feel like everything is a little clearer, somehow, and for that I love you.

It takes a lot of desperation, but you are almost through the fire, I hope. Keep walking.

I don't think anyone is particularly mature. We all are children in some way or another, even if it is just for a moment.

I hope you're well.

happy birthday!

some beautiful poems you have in this little collection. you're very talented. it was interesting, as well, to see some aspects of your life, the more personal entries. i enjoyed reading all of this. good luck with graduation, seems a lot of the writers on fictionpress are graduating high school this year.

a;klsdfas. i just now realized this isn't in my favorites on this account. gr.

anyway. good luck on graduation. good luck on everything. i still ove everything you write. :)

Hm. I think that line breaks could be utilized a bit more purposefully in this piece. I really liked "getting up to eat is optional" and "ears are full of the sound of the water, and/i start to think 'why should i get out?'" I also like the lack of capitalization.

i know what you mean- in the words of john green "pain demands to be felt" and we can't do a damn thing about it. but this is right darling, so right.

Exactly. Exactly.

wow, this was just... gah, i don't know what to say besides "akdakdjw", ha. no really though, this was just too good darling. :)

i dont really under stand the begining, but the part where you said "because growing up is a game and surviving danger earns you

bonus points." is completly true. keep up the good work!

My favorite in this collection, possibly ever. i love the whole extended metaphor, and the first stanza is amazing ("royalty in your/ heels... pride filled pockets" love it!)

and the ending is great. amazing. the whole thign.

OHMYGOD I love this. I get this.