Is being desperate ever a good thing ?

its beautiful to have been that way and to feel the elation and appreciation that comes with finally getting what you always wanted. its a valuable experience, but not one that anyone would want to experience. certain types of desperation are just awful.

Hm. Beauty is a very loaded term, like truth. I suppose there is a kind of desperation one could find beautiful, like demonstrative of our struggles in life. Desperation in matters of attraction is quite odious, I think most would agree. I guess they mean a desperate passion. The kind of thing in romance novels. Rushing into an embrace, loving against all odds.

Risk in pretending not to care. Hm. I guess if you let what you love get away from you, if you aren't brave enough to go after it, you'll suffer endless regret.

Well, I guess it would be realistic to expect more of pathos from a poem, less of logos, in a general sense.

in an artistic or a poetic sense.. yes it can be depending on what it is that's being spoken about. not being depserate for just anything, but imagine being 'desperate' for the touch, or the kiss, or the carress of someone you have long waited to see again, who has been away for ages? it's a particular kind of thing, and not everyone can exactly grasp what they mean when they say it. i get it entirely, and i know what they mean. it's a deep sort of ache, that sort of desperation, and in a way, it IS sort of beautiful to desire something so much that you would give anything...or to even know that desire in someone else

Desperation is an exhibition of both painful authenticity & passion. To be desperate is to crave, to long, to desire without any pretense. Should I tiptoe around those things in my life which I want the most? Hoping that I will get them? Or should I run with my hands outstretched towards that which I want more than anything else?

There is nothing else.

Here’s the whole poem guys just Incase anyone was interested in reading it.

No desperation pushes whatever your desperate for away and you end up perpetually desperate and alone... People feel that shit and it freaks them out no matter what the desperation is for

I see what you mean by saying it just starts another line.

And this isn't a poem. It's a series of thoughts on the randomness of life and how easily we might lose the chance to say something we really want to say. Or do.

Thank you for this thought provoking post. It sent me scurrying to find the complete text, which in fact is really quite a quick read. And worth taking the time to read.

You have given me more than you can know. In posting this, you led me to search for the poem. In searching for the poem I found The Thought Catalog on Facebook. There is the place where we can write what people here on SW seem unable to truly enjoy and appreciate. I love writing. I kind of lost my incentive to write, when I discovered there aren't many here who appreciate the ones who do.

Only if it forces you to change the behaviors that brought you to desperation in the first place.

i dont think this was meant to be desperate, in that pushy hit on kind of way. but striving, without being thoughtful about it.
and i DO agree with that idea of risk

Maybe the second part of that sentence is alright, but I see few situations where being desperate is beautiful.

I've been told, many times, it's not a desirable trait to have if your seeking a relationship with someone. I can see why.

Desperation is generally not a thing of beauty....though sometimes it can ultimately lead to something beautiful.

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I think that this poem is true

Thank you for all your wonderful replies, honestly 90% of them deserves best answer 😨

I guess that’s one person’s perspective. I’ve heard people say [b]vulnerability[/b] can be beautiful but that’s different.

The poet was drunk needs a slap 😕

There's no context here. It's just a couple of random statements. It might make more sense if we knew the complete poem.

It can be both beautiful and dangerous.

I think in the traditional way we see and think of it no. But maybe it is being described in the sense of being so in love with your partner you’d be desperate to keep them because they mean so much to you. You may even do things that for anyone else you’d barely care to try. But I didn’t write it so not sure

Raw, passionate honesty is far more beautiful than hiding behind a safe facade.

No. Its not a about how much you pull. Its about how you pull them.