Self Help Book (version two)

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from JoeUser Forums
in my sadness
I went to the bookstore
to find something
that would fix me

In the "Self-Help" section
I found books on
money
sex
communication
dieting
dating & romance

but not

how to undo painful memories
how to make the newness reappear
how to make her forget
that really cruel and hateful remark
I had been saving up
for years

I left without
buying anything
when I realized
I was too late

I didn't need
a self-help book

I needed a time machine


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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
As always you are so painfully good at hitting the proverbial nail square on its proverbial head.

This poem brings to mind the lyrics of a favorite song of mine (Lit, My own worst enemy) :

Can we forget about the things I said
When I was drunk
I didn't mean to call you that
I can't remember what was said or what you threw at me
Please tell me, please tell me Why...


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Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
I wonder what people did before self-help books. Learn to help themselves, maybe? What I find amusing about self-help books is the propensity for most of the advice to actually confuse a situation even more, unlike your poetry, which, as Roy said, hits it right on the head.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
That feeling is one I've felt too much.

Buddah, your poetry makes me want to cry sometimes, because it resonates - and therein lies its power.