I'm not sure what to call it yet any c/c?

poetry to me is observation and description---you observe what most people don't, and you describe to them what you've observed. You have a handle on both those things. If there's a shortfall on this poem--it's the flow. Examples:"Smothered by flames of regret"(you don't need the -(the)----"so often thoughts of then" "Those things that I can't change"(Laura do you see the change in flow by changing a word here and there--and the alliteration created ---thoughts----then-----Those---- things(all the th sounds) "a dark and hidden past"--"stifles what I was before"(I'm not really changing your meaning--it's essentially the same--but it flows) "Hollow and alone" "I cry pathetic tears"(you don't need "my own"--the reader knows they're your own tears) Last verse--I get the general idea--but trim and rework it to make it clearer. These are just suggestions--it's your decision--Good Job--Keep Writing---william