Back on this old shelf,
carved from a single
block of oak,
the dust has gathered
over the years
but still this is a place
I know,
back in the lonely corner
hidden away from the world,
next to the ornaments
and pictures,
high above the rest
of this place,
looking down on things,
there was a time when you needed me,
but now that you don't
I'll stay here till i'm needed again,
and so begins another cycle,
until the day when i'm replaced
forever.

Comments
insertponceyfre... | August 16, 2010 - 20:48
I like this Andrew, but I think there are a couple of typos:
line 1: do you mean shelf?
line 16: I think you mean now, instead of know (I bet you have the automatic spellcheck turned on) : )
andrew-evans | August 16, 2010 - 21:05
okay thankyou i've corrected them now
shoe | August 17, 2010 - 14:02
I like it too.
skinner_jennifer | August 17, 2010 - 18:45
Hi again andrew-evans,
you are a very strong writer, very earthy. I love the
way you express yourself. Also the way you don't use
complicated words, that are very expressive I know.
But sometimes complicated. You don't complicate your
poems.
Again very sad, but very thoughtful.
Jenny.
maggyvaneijk | August 17, 2010 - 19:30
I like the simplistic feel to the writing, which only makes it more emotionally complex. The speaker can take on different personas, which I love and I imagined him as a child, speaking about his mother.
skinner_jennifer | August 17, 2010 - 20:43
Hi andrew-evans,
join the club, I don't know many complicated words
either. I am studying the dictionary at the moment I have been studying it for two weeks now, I must admit
it does help me, I get so frustrated when I can't
think of the right words to describe what I am
trying to put over.
It's that mental block thing. Oh well.
Jenny.
andrew-evans | August 17, 2010 - 20:48
Thank you all for the feedback, not something i'm used to. Jennifer, it's probably because i don't know that many complicated words that i don't put them in :). Maggy, thank you,i try to keep everything simple enough to understand, allowing the reader to see and feel the emotion behind the words. I actaully wrote it about being replaced by friends, but i can definatly see where you are coming from
andrew-evans | August 17, 2010 - 20:49
Jennifer, i have the same problem, i just can't think of the right word, so i tend to waffle my way around it