Can You Ever Trust Me Again?
Inverse Challenge Entry
Tell me you hate me
don't
hold me
please
push me away
don't
trust me again
I'm over it
I tell you
instead
do it again
I will never
win this fight
my addiction
is stronger than
my resolve
my need for quick fixes
is stronger than
my need to be honest
my desire
needs feeding more than
my heart
Can you ever trust me again?
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Paul Stewart
Scottish-Italian poet/writer from Glasgow.
Overflowing in English language torture and word abuse.
"Every man has a sane spot somewhere" R.L Stevenson
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Comments (17)
This is so well written and powerful!
Powerful!
I like how you’ve captured the flip in meaning when you read the reverse- it’s hard to get right. “ my addiction is stronger than my resolve” is a key line that works really well the other way. Nicely done Paul 👏
Wow! Powerful both ways. Well done!
This is perfect! I tried to do this with mine but it came out stumbly. I feel that some read it as saying the same thing both ways. But yours is clearly stating two different messages. Bravo! Good luck!
Fantastic, bravo!! One of the best I've seen making the reverse read a 180 in meaning. Loved it :)
Well done sir!
Excellent work, and a great take on the challenge and a Top Story no doubt, something that I find almost impossible. (ihe inverse poem)
The potential for this to be read cyclically is extremely high without someone to help. Read it down to rock bottom, get help, & let the read up be the rest of the story.
King Paul Shakespeare for a reason! This was so brilliant, both forwards and in reverse! A very Paulitical poem! 🍩🥐
Awesome job with this. Fantastic!
This is great. Works so well in both directions.
Paul! This is a wonderful reverse poem. I felt the pain of it while reading it in both directions. Really fine work.
I read it up and down three times through. This is achingly real.
Well done!
Great inverse poem! This is probably the strongest juxtaposition of a flip I’ve seen! Well done!
On the subject of addiction, I am perhaps too well-versed, through observation and experience. It is that shame we feel when we find ourselves again staring into an empty wallet, or, much worse, an empty heart, that propels us to elevate beyond it. All other avenues are tools for the will that would push itself as such. In such a short space you desribed the struggle, friend. May you elevate! Many blessings and much love! Well-wrought!