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amanda Jun 2020
against all odds
the cactus
finds the will to live
in a perpetual drought

and i'd rather be prickly
than dead
it's been a hell of a
three years,
and i may be a bit more jaded
than i was as a girl...

but cacti are ******* cool
amanda Jun 2020
i cannot
and will not
apologize
for loving him

i mean

you would never expect
the moon
to apologize
for being attracted
to the earth
but i can promise
i’ll never collide
with him at night

i’ll just keep orbiting
amanda Jun 2020
i got distracted
by your laugh

so, if there was a sign
at the border,
i missed it

all i know
is now i’m in a place
called love

and all the houses
look like you
amanda Jun 2020
ironically

those who dare to
take up the most space

often think

they deserve the least
your container is lucky
that it gets to house
your heart
your mind
your soul
***
to everyone feeling
a little stressed
for bikini season--

you're ******* perfect.
amanda Jun 2020
what if this time
when you step off the jet bridge
and into the next chapter

what if this time
you don't stop by baggage claim
you have this tendency
to carry your past
like a dead weight

when you start over this time,
i want you to consider
letting it go
and truly starting over
amanda Jun 2020
i've cried oceans for a man
whose words moved mountains
and whose eyes challenged the stars

and as i stand here
and look at the mess we made,
i think...

we really could have had
the world
preston,
four and a half years later,
your name on my phone
still makes my heart
beat out of my chest

my first and favorite love
amanda May 2020
at the end of the day—
it doesn’t matter
how meticulously folded
the envelope is

all i can see
are the big red letters
stamped across the top

RETURN TO SENDER
...
i appreciate
the gentleness with which
you continue to
return my unrequited love
every single day

but gentle doesn’t mean
painless
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