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The Eccentric poet
Member since May 3, 2018
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Time to give up?
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
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14 TueReceived 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
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23 MonReceived a critique
on Time to give up? from @ritam
"Depression is not a "pretty" picture but empathize with the thoughts." -
20 FriReceived 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…" -
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03 WedAnniversary
5 years of membership
- March 2021
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15 MonHighest posting month
March 2021 — 9 poems
- March 2020
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- May 2019
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03 FriAnniversary
One year of membership
- May 2018
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07 MonFirst publication
My daily struggle with BPD
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03 ThuJoined 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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