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Amanda Mary Rose Mar 2010
Now I know why they invented music
For dead uncles
And bombed biology tests
To work out your abs in lessons while constantly being pushed
Till the sound you hear is something unimaginable
Something great
That is was music is

Greatness entirely packaged in sound waves
Listening in the music building to hymn
The sopranos dance with flourish
The bass fills the room with their echoing roar
The tenors create those chords that yank at your soul

On those days when all you can do is cry there is music waiting for you
Your iPod will keep you together as you wander the sidewalks
Your instrument will allow you to funnel the emotions right out for all of the world to see
Here I am world, times may get so tough but you cannot get rid of me yet

Talks of cancer and death lead to those of rebirth
Of hearing “get your affairs in order”
And having it mean, “ Get out there! Live your life!”
To forgetting regrets and finally just being free

Music is there when all is wonderful
Celebrating a new love, a good day, a little less wind outside
To blast it in your room and to dance
But that is a different kind of dancing all together,
No one can really hear you or see you
So just move
The chords carry your legs about the room and you spin and you jump and you sing
Most important is to sing
Let nobody and everybody hear your voice tangle into the lyrics
Sing till you are hoarse
Sing till you have sung it all out

**

Now I know why they invented music
To lead you through that maze that is life
To help you understand it and to understand yourself
Music is that life vest
This is your first jump off that diving board
Hang on so tight and bend your knees
Let go and rocket into the real world
Don’t worry; you most likely will not drown.
**Music is what gets me out on the town
Tonight will always be a good night if you put it on first
Music is what gets me to bed at night as the soft lyrics caress my ears
Random chords organize me as I study.

(omitted...maybe tweaked and remitted)
Amanda Mary Rose Mar 2010
I love you
I’ll probably love you for a while
You have joined the list
Boys who I have given my heart to

Who calm me when it bangs outside
Who hold me when I am lonely
Who use me when I let them

I always let them
Each and everyone
“I will love you but I’m sorry I will never date you”
“I will be your best friend through thick and thin”
That is until

I get them back on their feet again
Back in their lover’s arms
Or another lover’s arms

I will give you that warmth
Then maybe I will smile
I will display it’s all alright
But inside
I keep on loving you
Wishing you had x-ray vision

Just for a moment just look inside me
See that girl who has been hurt so many times
Who loves to drown everything in anything she can
Mostly lies and pity

I’m fine
Just ******* fine
I cannot make you love me
Care about me
Talk to me

And when she hurts you again,
Here I’ll be
To hold you as you cry
To stroke your curls
To walk you home again
Home to whoever you want it to be
I will love you
Regardless
If you even love me
sometimes i use the "****" word
Amanda Mary Rose Mar 2010
I don’t have tattoos yet
I hate to run
Exercise is okay but I would never say I am in shape
I am not pretty enough or thin enough or sharp enough
Ravaged by acne

I hurt now
You describe the perfect one
Who is going to find her
You have never seen a girl like her here
She does not exist yet

I want to be perfect
I can’t change by just wanting but if I could
I would run back home
I would sleeve my arms with everything we know
I’d be clear and shining
Bronze and toned

But I can’t
So I wont
But for now I’ll wait
I don’t know how long

I wish I could see it then
Could this be a repeat offense?
Or that final freedom
You make things sparkle
I feel mostly strong
Please stay for a little while
Just until I finish this…
I stopped waiting
Amanda Mary Rose Mar 2010
I am ravishing/ I’m awkward
I am desired/ I usually do the desiring
I’m pretty wonderful/ Some would say I am damaged goods
What else could you want in a female human?/ Not all you could want in a female human

Let’s be honest/ Let’s be honest
I am trim with some curves/I am not in stellar shape
I have freckled green eyes/I have wild eyebrows
Thick soft hair/Short-cropped hair
I’ve heard I smell great/Often I reek of the pool
Like a rich thick bouquet of flowers and soft earth/Like chlorine and hot damp air

I don't have a horrible sense of style/ I rarely ever match
I recycle/I have a messy dorm
I have a great sense of humor/I can be too loud
And will willingly watch any guy movie at least once/And I’m hooked on musicals
Quoting along the way/Quoting is a ridiculous habit of mine

I love to curse/ I can be crass
I don’t mind smoking, drinking, /I drink a lot and like that
All for typical male insanity/Sometimes I am a ****-joy

I’m warm/ I get too hot
Usually soft/My skin is really dry
And I care/ And I care
A lot/A lot
I care a lot/I care too much

About everything/About everything
You/You
Me/Me
Your grade in chemistry/Us

Ill tutor you,/ Ill tutor you
Console you/ Hang around
Advise you/ Pry into your life
Hold you/Even if you are against it
Comfort you/Pry into your life

So why/This is why
overwhelming amount of contradictions
Amanda Mary Rose Mar 2010
Here is your minimum wage occupation
You will be serving ****** coffee
Cold pizza and Vitamin waters
To hurried college students with everything on their minds

There you are
Everyday festive
Today you glimmer like thousands of little flickering bulbs
Verdant

Wake up
Grab your Christmas hat
Put on your coat
Get to work

Why do you love so much?
When everyone else with
So many reasons for joy just shrug it off?

Keep dressing up
Keep smiling

You may not notice
But everyday you bring me cheer
As you rearrange the sandwiches

You are hope.
oh college food
Amanda Mary Rose Mar 2010
Here I sit,
Perplexed and confused to say the very least
She has no idea what wonderful things she has
Throwing it all away for what?
Oh for some fun, wild crazy irresponsible fun
Why is it that frivolous madness is what we all crave over structured wonderful?
Is it not enough that the sky is blue, birds are singing and you can get Swedish fish with every meal?

Just to be happy watching movies, kittens in boxes, tossing m&ms; laughing as the room falls into a mess
I’ll address this whole mess tomorrow I always say.
The room is beginning to feel a bit smaller and cozier
It always seems that way when you come around
“Lets look for classy people”
What if I told you that you were classy and I was classy and maybe what they all are saying could have some merit?
What if we give off all of these signals so grand we could summon Batman?
Because they are there and we could never hide them?

Something we could never ever fight off with our coats,
Like the winds here that blow us around like fraternity flyers,
Crashing me into walls and benches, skittering about campus.
Pick me up
Read me or throw me out
You’d never recycle me that’s for sure.
Keep me in your pocket, put me on your bulletin board.
Ill gladly sit there all day,
To be there every moment you need someone to talk to

You don’t need to worship me,
Adore me,
Praise me,
Cajole me,
Indulge me,
Or even Impress me.

Just pick me,
Choose me,
Love me.
Amanda Mary Rose Mar 2010
He
He
Would like this poem
Its short and clean and simple
Nothing frilly or bright or extravagant

He
Is the reason for so many smiles

He
Protects me like a taco on a cold hard floor

He
Encourages me and eats pasta with me

He
Judges tattoos, analyzes photographs, listens to my qualms

He
Shows me skateboarding

He
Is wonderful

He
Is taken

I
Have no idea what to do.
I'm over
Him
now.

still like the poem though.
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