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Amanda Simard Jan 2021
Decomposed and absorbed 
Down with The Mother 
My season ends

Winter doesn’t last forever 
Nothing ever does 

Broken down and stripped
I lay dormant 
Preparing for my day in the sun
Amanda Simard Jan 2021
Mistakes are ok, I tell to my son but
Leave no vacancy for my own

Always the best medicine the pharmacist has
My prescription? Well, I forgot…

An abundance of pearls to freely give
Yet, my neck lies bare

Advice is my jam!
None for my toast please

Works for others
So, why not try?

A Bitter pill
Dry swallow it down

Take 2 and
Call me in the morning
Amanda Simard Jan 2021
When I look into his
I see my own.

Parallel, they will meet
sooner than my heart can take.

Heart of gold he wears upon
his dirt stained sleeves.

Sharp as a tack; wit for days with
a bit too much honesty

With each inch that you grow my love; it explodes
But, could you slow down a little, please?
Amanda Simard Jan 2021
You climb each rung
Hands grasp
Cautiously

I see you slip
Fall into
The dissolving floor below

Open and vast
It swallows you
Whole

Consumed,
Into the pit of
The unknown

Instincts kick
No second thought
I dive in

Blackout surrounds
This dark decent
Hollow and cold


Where

Did

You

Go?
Amanda Simard Jan 2021
The vultures will always circle above a broken, rotting heart.
They sniff you out and hone right in, lapping at the opportunity for a taste.
I stand bare and embrace the birds; Extend my arms in surrender.
I willingly give my carrion heart to you, dear vulture.

****** it, shred it, tear it flesh from flesh; devour it whole.
Fill your cup with mine, honest I don’t mind.
Indulge, enjoy yourself and don’t forget your just desserts!
I hold my head high: take it all in stride as they feast upon my decomposing heart.

A grin begins to trickle in, ignorant glutton: the ruse was mine all along.
A cover you misjudged; children section I am not!
Deception inception, lie within a lie.
Poor snow white who took the bite of the apple, ordinary.

The clock kicked the moment you tucked in, a timed release poison of sorts.
Silently ticking, count down unknown.
I won’t be around when the time bomb bursts.
How unfortunate that will be.

Don’t like what you grow?
Watch the seeds that you sow to ensure a bountiful harvest next year.
Not an ounce of remorse do I feel when justice it is served and
Vultures get exactly what they deserve.
Amanda Simard Jan 2021
Capitalize these lonely times,
A true monstera at heart.

Green eyed, hungry herbivore
Swipe and stack by the cart and rack

Double they will pay
To satiate my ways

Flip or flop
Desire feeds desire.
Amanda Simard Jan 2021
A map of pathways, which do I take?

A journey a plenty if the most you can make

Smell the roses and dance in the rain

Don't forget to say thanks for the hardships and the pain

Beauty all around , what about whats not

Things gnarled, twisted and ready to rot

Look for beauty in whats left to be forgotten

Beauty in the pain found underneath the rotten

Pushing the limit to find out how much we can take

Bending  twisting , will it break?

Looking at the gnarled twisted trees see the resilience that we can be

Reminding what can happen when brought down to our knees

Hard to see through the dark and tangled forest

Yet, salvation we can be

When we embrace and love our pain

We learn who we can be

— The End —