This is a very interesting idea expanded on how the writer might feel as they lets their thoughts pour onto the paper that is their medium.. Nicely written.. There is one spelling error in the very last line.. It is spelled whether in the context that you have used the word, not weather..
I don't know what to say about this one, I am speachless, I am not even going to try to tell you how much I liked it, for fear that it won't come out sounding as true as I feel. Anything I say will be to cheap.
I get the idea of wanting to be a friend with someone that you may want as more than a friend. I'm not sure.
With this in mind.
The first three lines make me think the speaker is reading a letter or some form of writing written by the person the poem is directed to. If this is close, then the letter (whatever) is a display of the friend's pain "And I feel another’s pain". I also would suggest removing the "And" from that line as the content will remain the same without it so it is unnecessary.
L 6-9: I guess I'm confused a bit here. I think it's because I have never not loved someone I wanted to love. I generally love anyone I want to love. Perhaps I'm taking this a bit too literally though.
So then, the friend could be distant, could have changed so much that the speaker feels a stranger to them, the person could just actually be a stranger the speaker is drawn to.
Perhaps the friend being distant (if that is a correct interpretation) is the reason the speaker can not help. The friend is pushing the speaker away. How bad am I doing so far?
L 10-11: Here the speaker expresses helplessness due to not wanting to be misunderstood. Perhaps the friend is the one who has stronger feelings for the speaker and so the speaker is finding it difficult to help the friend because the speaker doesn't want the friend to think there's more to the relationship than there is. This interpretation works better (from my point of view) than the interpretation I started with. It fits more readily, I think.
L12-15: The speaker expresses platonic love (I think). The desire to help and the ability to care for someone without romantic motives or feelings.
I'm probably way off on my interpretation. I end up with three different ideas all of which fit in some way and are broken in others.
Int 1: Speaker expressing unrequited romantic love toward friend.
Int 2: Speaker expressing platonic love toward friend who has unrequited romantic love toward speaker.
Int 3: Speaker expresses desire to help friend with problems even if it means an end to their friendship.
I want to say I'm tired, but that's not a real excuse since I could wait until I've rested. I'm rather alert now. I didn't want to comment mostly because I didn't want to be incorrect, but then I thought that was a silly reason.
Grammar/Typos/Mechanics/Suggestions:
L1: "Word" did you mean "Words"?
L11: Perhaps, "For fear" becomes, "Fearing", it'll mean the same thing, require only one word, and remove one character (the space between "for fear")
L15: "Weather" is this purposefully misspelled? If not, I think you intended "Whether".
Submission Name: From off the Page
