The Eccentric poet

Member since May 3, 2018

Member for 8 years, 1 month

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Time to give up?

Posted Mar 19, 2026 · 29 lines · 5 critiques

I've never been a high achiever,
A drinker of champagne.
I was the disappointing daughter,
Always with far too much to say.

I never strived for a better a life,
To compete with me, was never known.
No goals or sunny dreams,
It was always safer here at home.

I don't want to do one better,
Going places, always on the phone.
I'm not your all out go getter,
I just want to be here on my own.

Your meds fail to fix me,
And I've listened to all you said.

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How I should be up exploring the world,
Instead of 19 hours in bed.

I don't want to go to the gym,
Feeling humiliation and pain.
I don't want to paint your plant plots,
Or talk through trauma once again.

I don't want to work in a charity shop,
Selling on second hand, broken crap.
I don't want to meet others,
to socialise.
It's time for my usual afternoon nap.

My patience is long forgotten,
My silent scream is in a paper cup.
Thanks for taking an interest,
But it's now time for me to give up.

The Eccentric poet’s timeline

April 2026
14 Tue

Received a critique
on Time to give up? from @ritam
"My comment itself is about the mental state-depression, not about your writing. Sorry if it led to a misinterpretation. I have no reason to question why one writes nor is it what my comment was meant to express."
March 2026
23 Mon

Received a critique
on Time to give up? from @ritam
"Depression is not a "pretty" picture but empathize with the thoughts."
20 Fri

Received a critique
on Time to give up? from @Geezer
"but the idea is sound and the work is pretty good. Here a few ideas I have for this one. I've never been a high achiever, [Didn't want to win the day.] - trying to keep the rhyme and meter. I was the disappointing daugh…"
19 Thu

Posted a poem
Time to give up?
"I've never been a high achiever,"
Open thread 29 lines
August 2025
26 Tue

Received a critique
on Sophie from @Lavender
"Hello, EP, "She paints pieces of her soul..." Beautiful language and thoughts throughout. Loving homage. Thank you, L"
26 Tue

Received a critique
on Sophie from @Ray Miller
"Funnily enough, we've an adopted daughter called Sophie, and the poem could have been describing her - beset by social anxiety, a gifted artist. Maybe successes would be preferable to winnings. I'd associate winnings wi…"
25 Mon

New follower
@Geezer
24 Sun

Posted a poem
Sophie
"I know a girl, just like me,"
Open thread 34 lines
July 2025
28 Mon

New follower
@Candlewitch
28 Mon

Received a critique
on Robin from @Candlewitch
"Your poem Is a journey of trials and tribulations. It is a heartbreaking story... I know first hand about depression and mental illness. I hate that term...to me it is just another debilitating illness. (and does not ca…"
11 Fri

Posted a poem
Robin
"I've lived in the light,"
Open thread 49 lines
April 2025
30 Wed

Received a critique
on Ode to my chest infection from @Lavender
"Hello, EP, A fun (but pretty gross) write! I really like the reference to creaking floorboards. Great imagery. I hope you are feeling better! Thank you! L"
29 Tue

Posted a poem
Ode to my chest infection
"Oh, chest infection,"
Open thread 29 lines
March 2025
10 Mon

Received a critique
on It's beginning to look alot like F*ck This from @Obadiah Grey
"This 'un is great too, you have wonderful bent for irony, tongue in cheek, fuck it poetry. Explore! Obi."
09 Sun

Posted a poem
Ode to Mr Rat
"Oi Rat!"
Open thread 28 lines
December 2024
17 Tue

Posted a poem
It's beginning to look alot like F*ck This
"Its beginning to look alot like fuck this,"
Open thread 49 lines
September 2024
04 Wed

Posted a poem
Time to give up?
"Haunting the streets"
Open thread 16 lines
August 2024
18 Sun

Posted a poem
Betrayed
"You dismissed my trauma,"
Open thread 16 lines
09 Fri

Posted a poem
Daughter
"My faults are many, my sins are very few,"
Open thread 31 lines
February 2024
04 Sun

Posted a poem
Lost in the city
"Stepping out on to the pavement,"
Open thread 8 lines
November 2023
03 Fri

Posted a poem
Untitled
"Look at me, I'm broken,"
Open thread 8 lines
July 2023
07 Fri

Posted a poem
Untitled
"It seems I'm incapable of dying or living,"
Open thread 8 lines
May 2023
03 Wed

Anniversary
5 years of membership
March 2021
15 Mon

Highest posting month
March 2021 — 9 poems
March 2020
16 Mon

Most-discussed work
My Frickin' Fibromyalgia

20 critiques to date.
May 2019
03 Fri

Anniversary
One year of membership
May 2018
07 Mon

First publication
My daily struggle with BPD
03 Thu

Joined Neopoet
Membership begins

First poem published 4 days later.

About Me

About me

Hiya I'm Shelly Andrea aka The Eccentric Poet, I have been writing since I was 6 years old and am now 44.

I write when I can concentrate long enough

Location: Lichfield UK, GBR

Favorite Poets

Oscar Wilde

Shakespeare

William Blake

Wilfred Owen

W. H Auden

Lewis Carroll

Philip Larkin

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Candlewitch

Geezer

on Time to give up? from @ritam

on Time to give up? from @ritam

on Time to give up? from @Geezer

on Sophie from @Lavender

on Sophie from @Ray Miller

on Robin from @Candlewitch

on Ode to my chest infection from @Lavender

on It's beginning to look alot like F*ck This from @Obadiah Grey

5 years of membership

March 2021 — 9 poems

One year of membership

Membership begins

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