Is this what it's like to meet someone half way? To feel the want To call them home Is this what it's like to finally hate the game? To give all you've got To end the joke Is this what it's like to tell yourself I will not play? Can a dumb rhyme apologize? Can words in frame ask "did I cause you pain"? Can we forget that I'm a Fry level idiot? Misunderstood insecurities creating turbulent seas Proclaimed feelings behind a facade RAWRGWAWGGR!
Wookie Growl
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Thank you 🙏
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No apology can be enough to undo inability to compromise
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Is that what you had taken away from this? That the narrator is unable to compromise… is that the message I unwittingly put out?
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no… it’s what I perceived it after i read of the wookie call. I know that sound. It’s the sound (for me) of inability to compromise
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For me it was to show the frustration and heartbreak of wanting to compromise but unsure of how when emotions are hidden behind a mask.
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Yes… it was written from that perspective. I understood that. But I was always the one on the other end of the compromise. I was the one who didn’t know how and who hid their emotions behind a mask. It made it very difficult and I heard the Wookie Growl many times, from both of us for different reasons. I just read your poem and I saw it from my perspective although it was written from yours/his.
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Thank you for the feedback. Considering your perspective: does this poem sound like someone who understands and wants to open up and compromise?
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It could be either depending on how you read it and your mindset at the time of reading. On one hand it sounds like someone giving in and not wanting to avoid compromise anymore. On the other hand it sounds like someone who has compromised to the point of near exhaustion with someone who refuses to. That’s part of the beauty of this particular piece. It’s vague enough that the reader’s perspective is matched, but specific enough that you know exactly what it’s really about.
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Thank you, Marla. 🙏
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You’re welcome. I showed it to him. He said it spoke to him as well. For the exact opposite reason it originally spoke to me. Then I asked him to read it again but change perspective to me and he was blown away. So I’d say it’s a clear success!
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🙂😌🙏
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🙏🏻
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