Poetry Time: Standing There Alone
@MommyOfEli2013 (87943)
Rupert, Idaho
February 10, 2026 2:54pm CST
Hello again everyone, how are you all doing?
I thought I would share another poem...maybe it will inspire me to write them again. Who knows.
This is another poem that was in my self published poetry book that I did back in 2012. Not sure what year exactly I wrote this one though.
It's another darker one; I'll try to share more happy ones too.
Standing There Alone:
If I had the matches,
I would burn this place to the ground
Leave without a trace,
Make sure no one hears a sound
It would burn as brightly
As the lights shine in the city
There would be so much color,
It would be so pretty
When it all was over
The whole place would be gone
Just a big pile of ashes
Standing there all alone
Photo is mine; an art piece I made to go with the poem at the time. I would love to know what you all think of the poem.
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@Ineeddentures (27632)
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10 Feb
Well that's something else!!
This could be one of your best works yet
Lots of things sprig to mind when I read it.
It's written in stages
Really well structured, almost like it's planned..
Set the fire
Leave quietly
Nothing leading back to you
Watch on from a distance
Admire the beauty of what you have done
And afterwards, the big pile of ashes.
It's good
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@MommyOfEli2013 (87943)
• Rupert, Idaho
10 Feb
I am glad you think it is good, and possibly one of my bests. I will have to keep sharing them. Hopefully I can find others in old notebooks to share.
This one, I don't remember what I was thinking when I wrote it. Could have been about wanting to leave my home town (only to end up back there after getting out). Either way, darkness is what I wrote about best.
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@Ineeddentures (27632)
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10 Feb
@MommyOfEli2013
Maybe.you were trying to get rid of a bad memory you had not told anyone about.
@Ineeddentures (27632)
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10 Feb
@MommyOfEli2013
I don't think something like that is written with no back drop
@RasmaSandra (96294)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 Feb
I like both the art and the poem,
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@MommyOfEli2013 (87943)
• Rupert, Idaho
11 Feb
Scary? It's nothing I'd really do... just a darkness I went through with I was younger
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@MommyOfEli2013 (87943)
• Rupert, Idaho
13 Feb
@celticeagle yes, wrote a lot of dark stuff. Darker than even this
@DianneN (253308)
• United States
12 Feb
@MommyOfEli2013 Not to worry. I know you were innocent. I once had a student who wrote about blowing up the school. He was immediately questioned and saw a psychiatrist because he meant it. He was special ed and had a lot of problems. Another first grader came in with matches and was immediately suspended. He wound up at a special school for years. That’s how seriously they take those things.
@MommyOfEli2013 (87943)
• Rupert, Idaho
12 Feb
@DianneN That is a scary thing, for sure...and to be taken seriously.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (87943)
• Rupert, Idaho
12 Feb
Well it is not something that I would actually do. It was just a venting of how dark I felt at the time. Guess I am lucky my town/place never burned down? Maybe it was dumb to write a poem like that; I was a teenager at the time, but I never thought of it that way.
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@Deepizzaguy (120104)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Feb
A very good poem even though it was a little bit darker than usual.
@Deepizzaguy (120104)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
11 Feb
@MommyOfEli2013 My pleasure to give your poem high marks.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (87943)
• Rupert, Idaho
11 Feb
Well a lot of my poems were pretty dark... but glad you think it's good
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@LindaOHio (218826)
• United States
11 Feb
I love the art piece and the poem. You must have been very angry.
@MommyOfEli2013 (87943)
• Rupert, Idaho
11 Feb
Glad you like the art and poem. I was very depressed at least...
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@MommyOfEli2013 (87943)
• Rupert, Idaho
11 Feb
I'm glad you think so.... And it used to easily. Wish it still could
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