your actions suck bro
your words are perfect, but
your actions — pathetic
so thank you for making it easy for me to see
i’m just your option, and
i’ll never be your priority
–B
January 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
About This Poem: The poem "your actions suck bro" by Bryce Eldridge critiques the disparity between someone's words and their actions, highlighting feelings of being undervalued in a relationship. This honest examination of personal emotions aligns with confessional poetry, a style where poets openly explore their inner experiences and vulnerabilities. The poem's free verse structure, lacking a fixed rhyme scheme or meter, allows for a natural and conversational tone. Therefore, this piece can be classified as a confessional free verse poem.
FOOTNOTES: Some poems come out perfectly, but it’s rare. A lot of poems come out where I can tell there are some solid truths, a good play on words, a great rhyme scheme or just the potential of something that feels really honest and pure. I don’t always leave footnotes on every poem, but wanted to point out with this one how when it came down to editing the poem I reversed the original order (because it didn’t really make any sense tbh) and then just asked myself, “what am I trying to say” so I don’t have to make the reader guess here. I don’t know if anyone reads these little footnotes, but it’s fun to add them in!
Original poem:
I’m your option, not your priority
Your words are perfect
Your actions are pathetic