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Amanda Kay Burke Feb 2023
I am having hard time accepting truth
No clue how to survive
World without your presence Is not a world
In which I long to be alive
No one cares the way you did
Space in heart nothing can fill
Numb myself with substances
Sorrow impossible to ****
No hope for better tomorrows
Barely make it through today
Room shrinking with each breath
Choke on each word I try to say
Pass the time getting high as I can
An attempt to avoid dwelling on greif
Temporary band-aid to cover wound
Relief always too brief
Move only when necessary
Every step exhausts my feet
When walking I slowly trudge forward
As if legs are stuck in concrete
Around others maintain composure
Can even manage to smile
Inside back of my mind pain throbs
Prowling all the while
And I bottle up tears within
My eyes never stay dry for long
For my effort is ever in vain
Failing to be stable and  strong
This is more difficult than I ever imagined
Nightmare manifested in one blink
Depth of my agony cannot be captured
In range of sound or intricacies of ink
Box of memories stored in brain
Mustering courage to close
Replay past moments until my head spins
Speeding in circles train of thought goes
Is there end to the madness I feel?
Chaos warps perception into knots
Drive myself crazy examining events
Can't quite connect the dots
I miss my mom I used to confide you ûhhh in her often
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
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