Please Don't Ask Me to Love You - Comments

Hey there! I'm here as a judge for Mibba Magazine's Poetry Month contest. I do apologize that this comment is coming so late but I assure you the entry was judged in full when we did the judging. Since there were so many, we did the judging before the commenting but I got a bit held up in real life and the comments got delayed. So I do apologize for not giving you your comment sooner.

I really liked this poem. When I read for the first time, it really kind of hit me fairly hard. Reading through it, it really reminded me of things I've gone through in the past. And even re-reading it now as a refresher for this comment, it still strikes me in the same manner. I like that too. I like how relatable the poem is and I like how easy it was for me to relate to it.

Being able to bring out emotion is something very important in poetry so I quite like that you were able to do that with me so wonderfully, and I know you were probably able to do it with a lot of your other readers as well. The emotion in this is very real and it's very nice to see.

It's a touching poem, in a kind of bitter yet sweet way. You did very well on this poem, I'm glad that I got the chance to read it and help judge it for the contest.

@ Norman Reedus
Thanks so much I really was going for something raw, which is what I used to do when I first started writing poetry, so I am so glad you enjoyed it

This is really beautiful. It feels so raw and it gets to you. The words are so simple but it feels deep, and it's almost relate-able in my case- it's like I can feel what's written about.

"Now every time you try to come near me
I find myself turning to leave
even though I want to be close to you
it is not something that I know how to do"

This part to me stood out, it seems so delicate when its love and the name of this poem 'Please Don't Ask Me To Love You', to me it was almost as if you could feel the pain in those words, the hurt that follows along with it.

It's like the person if I can say it like that, wants to but really knows s/he is not capable of loving someone ever again because the s/he's broken, and can't tear away from the hurt.

I like it!

This is really beautiful. It feels so raw and it gets to you. The words are so simple but it feels deep, and it's almost relate-able in my case- it's like I can feel what's written about.

"Now every time you try to come near me
I find myself turning to leave
even though I want to be close to you
it is not something that I know how to do"

This part to me stood out, it seems so delicate when its love and the name of this poem 'Please Don't Ask Me To Love You', to me it was almost as if you could feel the pain in those words, the hurt that follows along with it.

It's like the person if I can say it like that, wants to but really knows s/he is not capable of loving someone ever again because the s/he's broken, and can't tear away from the hurt.

I like it!

This is really beautiful. It feels so raw and it gets to you. The words are so simple but it feels deep, and it's almost relate-able in my case- it's like I can feel what's written about.

"Now every time you try to come near me
I find myself turning to leave
even though I want to be close to you
it is not something that I know how to do"

This part to me stood out, it seems so delicate when its love and the name of this poem 'Please Don't Ask Me To Love You', to me it was almost as if you could feel the pain in those words, the hurt that follows along with it.

It's like the person if I can say it like that, wants to but really knows s/he is not capable of loving someone ever again because the s/he's broken, and can't tear away from the hurt.

I like it!

@ Krucafix_Kidd109
Thanks

This was beautiful. I loved this so much. You are a great poet.