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Amanda Nov 2014
This is what comes to mind when I think of you
   I really hate clichés but sometimes they are proven true
Like a sheep, you were soft, sweet, gentle, and kind
   You seemed so different than the other animals I have left behind
Like a lioness, I watched you from afar
   Then I approached, leaving the door to my heart ajar
Like the enticing wolf, you tricked me into your lair
   We began a game of cat and mouse and I was an active player
One day strangers and the next so intertwined
   I acted from the heart but you from your mind
We got serious a little too fast
   It makes sense something so easy could not last
What does not make sense though are all the things you said
   What was sheep?
   What was wolf?
   Was it all to get me into your cavernous bed?
If that is the case then I am left purring inside
   Why tell me I brought out the best in you?
   Why push your way through?
   Why make me feel special just to waste my time?
How could you say you were trying to make it work while waiting for feelings?
   None of this makes any sense and my brain is just reeling
You were nothing but a wolf in sheep’s clothing
   That messed with a lioness who will not stand for self-loathing
I can say I do not hate you without the slightest hitch
   But here is another cliché for you, Karma’s a *****
Amanda Nov 2014
I know how you would hold me after a long hard day
I know that when I'm sad you will know just what to say  
I know that we will argue
and neither one of us will always get our way
I know that our love won't be perfect
but in the end all our hard work will be worth it
I know I will love you more than life itself
because I have moved on since I wrote "another chapter on a shelf"
I know that you will forever make me smile
and that even five minutes without you will feel like a very long while
I know that we will be best friends
and that we will talk for hours on end
I know that laughter will fill our time
and that I will be so proud to call you all mine
Amanda Nov 2014
To the one who got away,
I will always want you to be mine one day.
But we don't always get our way,
Or at least that's what they say.
Amanda Oct 2014
My view count has reached over ten thousand! When I started posting a little over a year ago, I never imagined so many people would see the words that come from the deepest places of all my selves. I am forever grateful to everyone and anyone who has ever read a single word written by myself. This whole experience has been completely cathartic. My poetry has helped me through my darkest times and reminds me of my happiest times. So I just want to say thank you, from the bottom of my heart, to everyone who was there with me through this never ending journey that we call life.
Amanda Jul 2014
A year ago today
I packed my stuff, left my note, and walked away.
I know it was a terrible way to leave you
But I couldn't take anymore after everything you put me through.
They say love is blind
But I could still see all your cheating and lies.
What they should say is love just makes you dumb
Until you can’t take anymore and eventually become numb.
I really don’t want to write about you anymore
I want to gather my emotions and just close this door.
This isn't as easy as it sounds
But it’s getting easier with all the great people I have around.
Since I left, my life has done a total 360
I’m so much happier and it’s easy for everyone to see.
I was able to discover myself
And put this terrible chapter of my life up on a shelf.
While up there, I hope it gathers dust
I hope I don’t ever take it down so it can wither and rust.
I hope I never let myself get that low again
I hope one day I can look at you like I would a long lost friend.
These thoughts bring me one step closer to getting rid of the past
And focusing on my happiness so I can make it last.
I've worked so hard I feel like I should take a bow
The dark is behind me and it’s all over now.
Amanda Jun 2014
When you look at me, my heart skips a beat
Your touch sends chills from my head to my feet
I don’t know what I did to deserve you
You are the light after all I've been through

When I think about you, I can’t help but smile
I don’t know about you, but I want this to last a while
I can’t believe my feelings for you are this strong
Because we haven’t even been together very long

When I think about how you make me feel,
I can’t help but realize that happiness is real
I want to tell you that I love you
But this scares me and I don’t know what to do

When I look at you, I get butterflies
I swear I can see my future in those beautiful green eyes
I don’t know what else to say
Except that I hope I make you feel the same way
Amanda Apr 2014
I just don’t know how to feel
when I know what happened between us was real.
My life without you is going fine
although I can’t get you out of my mind.
I relive that night over and over.
When I see you around, I fight the urge to pull you closer.
I want more of you.
I want another night, preferably even a few.
I wish you wanted the same
so I can hear that **** voice moan my name.
But why do I want you when you don’t want me?
You change your mind all the time it’s so clear to see.
Now I know I should leave you alone
and stop expecting to see your name pop up on my phone.
But I don’t want to accept that I can’t have you again,
that what happened between us is over before it even began.
Since you don’t want the same thing,
I’ll move on silently hoping for my phone to ring.
Until then, I will stand firmly on my feet
and turn around on this one way street.
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