May be, if you take the time to know somebody
Somebody will take the time to know you in return.

Come on! Cheer up!

I agree with fluteofreed. Maybe you just need to take that first step in getting to know people, and then they'll try getting to know it. In a way, this poem was that first step, and now you'll get people making the effort. I'd love to get to know you

No one has taken the time
To get to know me
As the person I really am
I am gentle and kind
But u will never know
As u never took the time
To see the real me

***It's their problem. They're missing out on what could be one of the most memorable time of their lives. What ppl think of you is their business.

I believe i could relate all too well to your poems but they are all drowned in vodka.

Alcohol kills braincells? Who would have guessed.

Your words are deep...
One day, when you are least expecting it, the most unlikely person is going to pay attention to the real you... it will be worth waiting for...

... and you will probably realise that if these people in your poetry, had paid attention to you now, they would have infact only wasted your time...!

Always be true to yourself...
Be Happy! :-)

To me this is about a boy - a teenage boyfriend. At this age - time is forever and they don't need to spend it to find a real persona behind a pretty face/ nice body.

Don't worry it changes. So don't change yourself for them.

nice poem.
i used to write poems but stopped a while ago.
hopefully, you'll help me get going again!

thanks for inviting me to be yer friend!

hi and thanks for the invite,
i used to feel a lot like you do right now, judging from your poetry, there will be much happier times ahead for you, promise

I like the fact that this poem doesn't rhyme; it can so often ruin a good poem. It would be much better if you use standard English and not text speak.

I'll now read some more.

I love your poems
They sound so meaningful and they're very well written.
x

Poetry need not rhyme. It is the content that makes poetry, not metre and verse.

Write on, Miss Zoe Lee. The world could stand a great deal more poetry and I find I am enjoying yours.

I share with your feeling.I have to tell you that I'm not a native speaker.I'm from Vietnam.But I can understand your poems. Because I have felt like you before.I don't know to write Poems, but I have written a short story,so why don't you write story or even novel. Because anyway, i have to admit that I love novels than poems.I like the novels of Russian writers. It's really interesting.
I think your poems are really nice. And i really admire you.
If you use Skype, you can talk with me.My ID skype is: m.gorki.
I hope to receive your message soon.
Best wishes
Bye.

I think that many people have felt as you have. I certainly have especially around your age. However time makes a difference...from my teens to my twenties I got to know a much wider range of people and made far more connections.

Now in my forties it is more difficult again.

Anyway...don't let yourself get down. You have a great way of expressing yourself. Your issues are probably far more widespread than people admit.

Probably written for personal reasons Zoe, but a comment on our world. How often now do we have time to know somebody. Many of our friendships are superficial because we are conditioned to consume at a frenetic rate 24/7. We are slaves on the tradmill of economic growth and so we don't have time to just BE let along BE together.

There is much more to this one than you imagined, but then us poets work on an intuitive as well as a conscious level.