Non-fiction / A secret.

A secret.

Secret: Kept from knowledge or view; marked by the habit of discretion; something kept hidden or unexplained; only shared confidentially with a few.

- I tried to kill myself for 6 years.
- I despise looking at myself in the mirror.
- Loving him has saved my life.
- I cry myself to sleep almost every night.
- My mother sometimes blames me for my brothers death.
- My dad cheats on my mom.
- I’ve gone to a psychiatrist off and on for 13 years.
- I don’t believe in myself. At. All.
- I have an addiction.
- I’m scared of losing him more than anything.
- I sometimes really believe no one cares.
- I like to pretned everything is okay.
- I would leave it all today if he asked me to.
- I pray more than any person I know.
- I am craving closure.
- I wish I had friends I actually went out with.
- I am so proud of my oldest brother. I’ll never tell him.
- He makes me feel that I’m good enough to be loved.
- My last boyfriend abused me.
- I was raped last summer.
- I used to do things to try and make my dad proud. I gave up after he told me just doesn’t care.
- I want to be a better person.
- I’ve loved him since I met him.
- I have two guardian angels. One is dead, the other, I’m in love with.
- I fell in love with him at first sight.
- I honestly think I’m ugly.
- I’m scared he doesn’t really love me; although I know he does.
- I think my best girl friend uses me.
- I believe my parents love my brother more now that he’s dead.
- I’m very paranoid; it gets so bad that I make myself sleep with something to protect me.
- I’m scared of the dark unless someone is with me.
- I’m afraid one day he’ll wake up and realize that he could do better.
- I never tried to fit in.
- I fall in love with him all over again every time I see him or hear his voice.
- I knew he was the one the first time I layed eyes on him.
- I am terrified of not goign to Heaven.
- I wish the girl I was best friends with in 5th grade was my best friend now.
- I am a very jealous person.
- I sometimes think I’m selfish because I want him all to myself.
- I hate that he lives so far away.
- I always sleep in his clothes.
- I cry every time I hear a certain song.
- I never loved before him.
- I often feel like a bad daughter/sister/girlfriend.
- I am a hopeless romantic.
- I try hard to be a good person.
- I think they pretend to be myf riends.
- He makes me feel complete.
- I want to run away.
- Being with him is my escape. Nothing else matters and the outside world disappears when I’m in his arms.
- I want to be a writer.
- I am deathly afraid.. of dying.
- I hate feet.
- My ex told me I deserved it.
- I was told I don’t deserve to be loved.
- I’ve had the urge to try drugs.
- I tell people they don’t hurt my feelings when they really do.
- I act silly to cover up the sadness and self loathing.
- The most trivial things to some mean the most to me.

[...TBC ]

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January 06, 2008

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November 23, 2007

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That could become a novel and as you know all the statements would become headlines and would become alive with the interaction between characters.
I would not leave it as it is because , put like that, it is too much for the mind to absorb.

Theory avatar General Stranger

January 04, 2007

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What to say here?  I like the “between the lines” idea.  It’s harder to critique someones personal feelings.  I certainly can’t say how you should express yourself.  That’s the idea behide writing.  Expressing yourself.  You sent your message.

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January 01, 2007

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I really like where you are going with this.  If you do make it longer i would suggest organizing it into the secrets of various people, because as it stands it is sort of disorganized amalgamation of random secrets, some that seem to relate to one another.  Also, I would diversify the secrets you use. You are very focused on the secrets about the love someone has for a particular man.  
I suggest you check out postsecret.blogspot.com—its right up your ally and really interesting.  

lolanation avatar General Stranger

November 22, 2006

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A string of white static sentence merged radio dial changing conversations you seem to be tapped into here.  This could be one of those all star cast movies that they do for artsy fun with a million side stories that somehow tie together like a butterfly flapping its wings.  You should play with some of the sentences, meanings, pyschology of these stated items and see what you come up with, it’d be an interesting project.

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November 16, 2006

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I really like this style. It’s refreshing to see something new, that hasn’t been done before. I feel like I’m peaking in on someone’s journal and perhaps they’re not even being honest with themselves by crossing lines out. The ironic thing is, they’re free to express themselves openly in a private journal that no one’s suppose to be able to see, yet they continue to lie to themselves, held captive in their own mind. It shows how emotional scars can hurt more and go deeper than physical ones.

teaddub avatar General Stranger

November 09, 2006

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This is a strange approach to blogging, but it is not really writing as I understand writing. This seems to be a list of disjointed, and apparently unrelated thoughts. Sometimes I will find a corelation between one line and another, but they are several lines removed from one another, and often one will be crossed out while the other is not. In other words, this is just words to me; while I understand the meaning of the words, I cannot find a meaning for the piece.

One thing you could do is find all the lines that relate to each other, for instance all the lines about “him”, and either cross them all out, or leave them all open. Find a reason for crossing out some and not others. If you can not make that reason fairly obvious in your writing, put your reason in a short paragraph or sentence at the beginning or even at the end so your readers can see the beauty you see. I guess you expect us to understand your thinking in the way you have constructed this, but I don’t.

This also seems to me more like free verse poetry than nonfiction. Organize your thoughts so it means something to your reader, hopefully what it means to you.

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October 15, 2006

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hi,

interesting idea. actually each sentence could evolve into a separate work! or you could incorporate into a novel, like you mentioned.

after reading each line i was struck, with a feeling of these ppl’s depression. perhaps something along the same vein, in which you find the positive in your/their thoughts.
just a suggestion.

peace,
solange~

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October 15, 2006

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very sad girl, reading these glimpses into people lives makes life more rewarding. I do hope you feel better about yourself.

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October 15, 2006

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I’m sorry, this one didn’t hold my interest. Without some sort of structure, it’s just a list of a stranger. Maybe if you could put in some background info about the person making the list, it might give me a reason to care enough to read on.

I mean, I realize the content within the list is intensely personal and reveiling; but it’s kind of like when you’re flicking through tv channels. When the channel showing the people starving in Africa comes up, you feel bad, but you keep on clicking anyway. Whereas when you see those same starving Africans on the Oprah show, learn their names and experience them an a personal basis—it changes everything.

Does that make sense? Hope so! Don’t give up, keep working on it!  

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