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Amanda Kay Burke Feb 2023
Real life is not always pretty
Not coated in sugar
Glitter
Or gold
Few bask in rays of sunshine
Most shiver in the cold
Life is not fairytales
No "happily-ever-after"
Why you must forget the tears
Focus on the laughter
Stories seemingly end the same
Agony
Strife
Or sorrow
Though deep down we know things won't change
Hope for a better tomorrow
Amanda Kay Burke Feb 2023
This is why you can't be trusted
With you it is always another game
Only care about yourself
After all these years you're still the same
This is why I refuse to get too close
Took time but I've finally learned
Is safer to keep my distance
Than touch you and risk getting burned
This is why I am scared to give you my heart
I am afraid to let myself fall
Each chance taken winds up with it shattered
Amazed there is any of it left at all
This is why I don't dare peek at your face
You are bad for my health this I know
Loneliness cuts straight through my skin
Have no choice but to let you go
Amanda Kay Burke Feb 2023
The pictures of joyful faces
Pictures of a distant past
When you are gone help fill the spaces
Only so long comfort lasts
Amanda Kay Burke Feb 2023
There's nothing anybody can say
That causes me to view you bad
There's no point in riling me up
Will only make me at you be mad
I hate when people talk
Amanda Kay Burke Jan 2023
Not one single day passes without wishing you were here
Stare at your photograph trying to fight back each tear
Hard accepting arms can't ever again hold you near
At least memories I cherish most will never disappear
I miss you mom
Amanda Kay Burke Jan 2023
What happened between back then and right now?
Both our brains are unsure how
To proceed from here on out
Can't stay with all this doubt
Amanda Kay Burke Jan 2023
In dreams I see your face again
Always makes me smile
Wish I didn't have to wake up
When asleep I'm happy for awhile
Every dream eventually fades
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