A Year of Poetry by Amanda Paweska
ANOTHER YEAR OLDER
Another year older
another year done
look to the future
like it's a new dawn
Another year older
a new way of thinking
a new start for me
a brand new beginning
Another year older
a new life begun
don't look to the past
because it is all done
Another year older
a new look on life
one more candle
on my cake
Another year older
FRIENDS
Hiding in the dark
Scared to come out
Unsure of who
To trust, to love
Or to understand
Unsure of
What friend
Now means
So many lies
Deceits and
Unspoken words
Now no clue
Of who trusts me
Loves me and
Understand me
Alone in the dark
LIKE FRIENDS SHOULD
We've been though
so much
but you've stood by me
as I you
just like friends should do
And the harder
things got
the closer
we grew
just like friends should do
When
I needed
someone to understand
you were who
just like friends should do
As the years
go drifting by
we'll keep in touch
with what's new
just like friends should do
One day
we'll just
pick up the phone
as if we knew
just like friends should do
No matter
how much we change
we'll always be
completely true blue
just like friends should do
(I wrote this for my best friend Jen for her 18th birthday)
MEMORIES
Memories
Of the past
Creep
Into today
Seeping
Into my life
Breaking
Me apart
Hurting
Me still
Memories
Of you
MY EYES
Blue and grey
Light and sad
Seen so much
Cried too much
Twinkled too little
Warm but alone
Bright but dimmed
Blue and grey
THIS YEAR
One more candle
one more wish
another birthday.
This year
the candle means more,
the wish is true,
this year
it's more than
another birthday.
This year
I'm starting over,
I'm living again
UNTITLED
Simple events
hold me here
a simple dance
a little laugh
make me stay
close to you
the natural way
I feel with you
How no words
mean so much
to me
these basic things
hold me close
to you
BLADE
The cold edge
of a blade
along my wrist
my final action
my final deed
my final day.
Now, no more pain
no more lies
no more days.
The end of my life
from the cold edge
of a blade.
09/6/00
CRY
I cry
for the pain to stop
it hurts so much
to live
the pain of living
day to day
has become too much
for me
I wish I was
the kind
who lived a happy life
but dark
is where I live
and pain
is what it feel
there is no way
for me to go on
I cry again
than let the blade cut.
09/06/00
SICK
I’m sick of being
what you see.
I’m much more
than that girl.
I’m full of feelings
you don’t feel,
you can’t understand
what you don’t know
and it’s me you don’t.
I’m more than
what your eyes see.
09/22/00
NEW DAY
The sun rises,
a day starts
slowly
the world awakes.
Flowers open,
birds sing
a new day appears.
The dew glistens
on the grass,
the air
starts to warm
we’re embarked
on a new day.
09/14/00
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