literature

On my corner

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Literature Text

I stand on my corner
sometimes with a sign
sometimes with my voice
sometimes I don't stand at all
but today I stand,
I stand on my corner
and scream
I scream warnings, tidings
blessings and curse
in the hopes 
someone will hear them.
I stand on my corner
and no one walks by
I see no one near
and I cry out
for someone to come
for anyone to help me
to offer me something
even if its just shelter
from the downpour cascading
down my cheeks.
I stand on my corner
and no one stands with me
and the crushing truth of that
forces me to fall.
No one offers me a hand
I have no way to rise
and so I sit on my corner,
sometimes with tears,
sometimes with screams,
sometimes
with nothing at all
but today I sit 
I sit on my corner
and hope
you'll see me.
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Lady-Lisette's avatar
This is honestly incredible. What a "corner" is exactly can be interpreted in so many ways, but I love the journey this person takes throughout the poem. Wanting to scream "warnings and tidings" but no one comes, almost like a prophet. And no one comes to help them either so they are alone. Someone who wants to help others but first needs to be helped, and neither is happening. The emotion really builds up towards the end until it falls into a quiet sort of somberness with the person sitting down and hoping "you" see them.
It's very beautiful and well done. I want to read it some more to process it but first time reading it, I love it very much :love: