#amends
Which poisons do you preserve?
Counting eagle unperturbed
In which castration am I served
Counting razor beneath my whiskey
Ores retain stars ash
And coin falls beneath our strings
Do tell the audience
Upon the rocks we inhale
Feb 12
Feb 12, 2026 at 7:17 PM UTC
Why fight (the) tears
For another year
Enough is enough
Stop hiding from love
End this rain
Let the sun
Heal some pain
There is room
To dress those wounds
Make amends
Be a friend
Shine a smile
From the inner child
End this rain
Let the sun
Heal some pain
There is room
To dress those wounds.
© Debra Lea Ryan
26 - 29. 09. 2025
☼ ♡ ƸӜƷ ❀ ♬
Sep 29, 2025
Sep 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM UTC
One filled with vitriol,
Another with dread.
Feelings of hatred
poured forth from their head.
But at an impasse
‘Tween forever and now,
The two took a moment
To bring each other down.
At the end of it all,
When the dust settled clear;
Stood the two former lovers,
Eyes wrought with resolution;
They had finally come to a sort of conclusion.
Sep 11, 2025
Sep 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM UTC
i am attached to my past in a spiritual manner
i gather and gather but never get better
books flooding my head
words meant to mend
the intricacies of my fringed best chasing beautiful butterflies by the river bent
do you see the same visions?
do you see the same distance?
you seem closer in my head
do you deem me different?
do you dream of someone else instead?
let me know, to let me grow
unfold and grow again
let me know, to sow again
harvest and make amends
Feb 19, 2025
Feb 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM UTC
I forgive you
I do
But right now
You have no clue
I'm too sad
To be near you
I'm overwhelming
I'm nagging
I'm begging and pleading
I'm unbearable
And you're there
Under my skin
Just beneath my grin
It's not the right time
For you to finish my rhymes
We never said goodbye
Now it's hello again
Are we friends
Or is this pretend
I'm so fragile
You have no idea
I say I'm playing it cool
Then call you like a fool
No answer
No answer
I realize
My crazy banter
Then you text me a day later
And all is fine
But I'm out of my mind
I miss you
I always did
But it's deeper than that
I'm a lost kid
I'm sick and afraid
Alone and ashamed
Desperate for comfort
Desperate for compassion
I run to you
I run and run
And plunge into your soul
Never wanting to let go
But you don't want to be that close
Again
I understand, old friend
That's smart
That's who you always are
But I'm fragile
I'm broken
Looking for old pieces
Hiding in familiar faces
To tape me back up
To keep me standing
Life is so demanding
And I'm missing the main piece
I can't be put back together again
After losing you the first few hundred times my friend
I think it was finally my end
Then again
Here I am
I'm just fragile
And broken
Wondering if you'll be there with me
Again
Jan 7, 2025
Jan 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM UTC
If you told me of your deepest sin
would you fear I’d despise you?
Will you trust me, let me in?
Do you think I don’t wish to know
everything about you?
Would the truth be such a blow?
Don’t you think I might suspect
the truth you think you’ve hidden?
You fear you’ll lose my respect,
that you’ll become the unforgiven.
From the deepest depths of hell
even you can crawl to earth.
I’m here to hear what you can tell
and to tell you of your worth.
There’s a way to wash the stain
out of your broken soul.
To seek redemption, heal the pain.
To make amends should be your goal.
Give me a chance to be the one
who can see that you have grown.
That you are more than your worst day
and you don’t have to be alone.
Some of us can see
when someone truly seeks redemption.
Who seeks it not for sympathy
but for truth and honesty.
Jan 23, 2024
Jan 23, 2024 at 11:41 PM UTC
Every night I'm reliving my past
Seeing my mental and physical abuse
My time is running out fast
It will not matter what I choose
This is the time to make my amends
For all the wrongs I have done
Before this life comes to and end
And I have to go back to where my life begun
I will lay down in my bed tonight
And know I have talked to God
So my life will be complete
And my soul will be restored.
Written by
Michael Matthews
Sep 22, 2022
Sep 22, 2022 at 5:25 PM UTC
Times of
Tension and anger
Voices raised, and
Fingers pointed, words thrown
Then so stubborn, all well known
Eventually, come to regret
Gripped tightly,
Battling the cold
The icy chill that surrounds
Fighting through confusion
How could any of this be real?
Years ago, times filled with laughter
Playing dominoes on the kitchen table
Watching cartoons in the living room
Telling stories after lunch of days gone
Only to look back, how bittersweet
Holding every memory as you go
Those good, and those bad
Our last real conversation
A battle of heated words
All true, but even so
I cannot let go
Of a guilty end
So, in your final hours
I call across the space
Across the miles between
To say my final words to you
To apologize, to make amends,
To bring up happy memories
The little things really count
Becoming all that's truly
Truly left at all here
In this ever cold,
Empty place
Grandma
Nora
- Jay M
January 17th, 2022
Jan 18, 2022
Jan 18, 2022 at 1:30 AM UTC
I hope you never make a promise
Before you realize what the cost is
And you learn how to make amends
I hope for her sake that you're honest
When you've lost it
And you never try to force a feeling
I hope I never minimize
The dreams I've always had inside
Just to make a man feel taller
I'm thankful and I sympathize
The years I had you by my side
You never tried to make me feel smaller
And still, our distance just grew farther
And still, loving you grew harder
Sep 2, 2020
Sep 2, 2020 at 7:06 AM UTC
At times refrain
to grow with age
Forbear the fruit
enjoy the strain
Much be learnt
in controlling pain
Plenty to benefit from
temporarily being empty
Mind regroups with a system cleanse
Body allowed to make amends
Fasts don't last but our choice remains and will sustained
May 23, 2020
May 23, 2020 at 5:53 PM UTC
Audacity is when your ****** texts you
To wish you a Happy New Year
Because his therapist advised him to make amends.
The price of breaking my soul
Is more than a ******* text.
Jan 15, 2020
Jan 15, 2020 at 3:30 AM UTC
Maybe I can
Howl once again.
It seems, you’re far more damaged…
I’ve been a fool.
If it’s easier
I’ll stand for you.
Tell me when you can howl once more.
If I were you
And I could see the moon,
Maybe I’d understand why you weep.
I’ve been a fool, but I’ll make amends.
I’ll learn how to see.
Tell me if you can’t...see...no more.
Don’t abandon your light.
These nights will always come.
You’ll sing again and...
I’ll be the freak
That keeps you company.
Oct 8, 2019
Oct 8, 2019 at 4:52 PM UTC
I hope you accept my apology.
I know it’s hard to trust me.
I told myself that I would keep my cool
But I know I’ve just been a fool.
Ashamed of what I’ve turned into.
Though you’ve forgotten me,
I’m missing you.
Do you believe that we can start again?
Make amends?
To where we began?
Ever since you left I wondered
What could I have changed to keep you from running off?
What could I have said to prevent you from becoming lost?
What is it I did to make me just another afterthought?
You wanted something new?
I can be somebody new.
Oh, but you changed your zip code.
Out in Philly in the cold.
That part of me is forever closed.
Charm City’s not the same without you,
I need you back home.
Please just pick up your phone.
Apr 16, 2019
Apr 16, 2019 at 3:38 PM UTC
Sometimes making amends to someone you did wrong, is moving on.
And hating someone so much, isn't letting go.
I hope you really let go, because I'm moving on.
Nov 30, 2018
Nov 30, 2018 at 12:41 AM UTC
I think we've found
an understanding
A common ground
Island in sea
I dont want you to feel shorted
So listen to me now
This is so important
When it comes to you and comes to me
I know there was uncertainty
But I also know how things are now
What we feel is more than what we usually allow
ourselves
And Its okay to let it come
And I could tell that you just wanted someone
So let me in you're the only one who can
I may be the only one who understands
Its okay to not have a plan
Its enough to simply be a man
I've never wanted
Something more
Don't hide the flaws
That I adore
No need to try
And fit a mold
These are more than just
Some words I've told
And I know that
You're very smart
But you embrace the brain
And hide from heart
I've hurt you, and you've hurt me back
For egos sake and what we lack
We can't take back all the mistakes
But Amy said
Its where you're at, not where you've been
And Its okay to let it come
And I could tell that you just wanted someone
So let me in you're the only one who can
I may be the only one who understands
Its okay to not have a plan
Its enough to simply be a man
I don't want to run your life
Or even be your wife
As much as I just want you to know
That I empathize
Its intimidating when something feels so good
Scared it isn't healthy or that you neglect the things you should
But you can't deny
And I would never lie
So let me in you're the only one who can
I may be the only one who understands
Its okay to not have a plan
Its enough to simply be a man
Its okay to let it come
I could tell that you just wanted someone
Its okay to let it come
I could tell that you just wanted someone
Jul 20, 2018
Jul 20, 2018 at 6:14 PM UTC
I guess it's true,
People change when they walk away,
I pray you prove me wrong.
~Robert van Lingen
Apr 25, 2018
Apr 25, 2018 at 8:48 PM UTC
So,
This is the way we leave today?
I hoped and prayed and called God to say,
It's okay.
So,
Today,
I walked past your father and he didn't even look me in the eyes.
I don't want to be friends.
I just want to make amends and leave the past behind,
But this?
Why?
Is this the legacy I left behind?
I've done nothing but show respect.
Now,
I don't regret but I have to admit,
I didn't expect this.
I've got to say I'm sad and disappointed,
That His words anointed go unspoken.
One could say it's true,
"Do unto others as you wish others to do unto you."
I'd almost say it's religious,
I don't think it's ridiculous to ask,
Take off your masks.
It's a new day.
We don't have to act this way.
~Robert van Lingen
Apr 25, 2018
Apr 25, 2018 at 8:21 PM UTC
You did not want to make me cry
I did not want to say goodbye
oh, I've been a fool for far too long
You did not want to make amends
I did not want to make it end
oh, what can I do to get to you?
I did not get to save your soul
now I'm sitting here alone
bleeding heavily from loving you
And I know that it's way too late
I put my life in your fate
but I'm still smiling here in the dark
Mar 10, 2018
Mar 10, 2018 at 4:05 PM UTC
She danced in the downpour
Her feet enthused, but eyes were sore
Her head spinning with thoughts galore
Blood rushing away from her core
Trying to erase thoughts that tore
Only to fill up the mind with more
In an attempt of distraction, aloud she sang
And swayed, tapped, increased tempo, whoosh whoosh, bang bang
A swing of hand...crackle...clink, clang clang
A gasp, pause, and an "oh dang!"
Picking pieces, knowing they won't amend
She realized, it was wasting time trying to mend
So instead, she chose to fix what she can tend
In the face of fate, determined, not to bend
The glass nothings she'd picked, threw back the little lot
"For some things can't be fixed", she thought
"And some things can", she fought
And just like that, she found courage, previously unsought
Scattered pieces, gathered thoughts
Jan 22, 2017
Jan 22, 2017 at 1:57 PM UTC
Don't be afraid
of admitting mistakes
like running on top
a bridge that might break
don't deny your conscious
the possibility of change
some days after you've ignored its voice
you will hear its faint whispers
I promise you,
its never too late to change
Don't underestimate the power
of apologies
I find it fascinating
how one word
can change a person
and his entire world
Dec 1, 2016
Dec 1, 2016 at 11:45 AM UTC
Speak to me, like you did that night. Look at me, your eyes so bright. Walk with me, by pale moon light. Talk to me, we can make this right.
You are the Major to my minor, the roots to my leaves. You are the silver lining my mirror, you bring out the best in me. You are the fire to my water, the sky to my sea. You are the light that casts my shadow, you shine on the worst of me.
Speak to me again, I miss my friend. Look at me again, it doesn't have to end. Walk with me again, out on the sand. Talk to me again, I promise to you I'll make amends.
You are the Major to my minor, the roots to my leaves. You are the silver lining my mirror, you bring out the best in me. You are the fire to my water, the sky to my sea. You are the light that casts my shadow, you shine on the worst of me.
Carry on my dear, there's nothing to fear.
The road ahead appears before nimble minds and loving tears. Carry on my dear, I'll be waiting right here. Counting ahead the years drag every moment you're not here.
You are the Major to my minor, the roots to my leaves. You are the silver lining my mirror, you bring out the best in me. You are the fire to my water, the sky to my sea. You are light that casts my shadow, you shine on the worst of me.
Jun 24, 2016
Jun 24, 2016 at 5:35 PM UTC
must I recreate our story
to make you feel my sorry
I will do it, many times over
just let me know we're not over
so spare me more seconds and hours
and I'll patch up our flaws with flowers
cause if the sky changes from grey to blue
then I can make this right again for you
May 1, 2016
May 1, 2016 at 10:50 PM UTC